Topic
Idolatry
Are You Worshiping the Idol of 'Open Options'?
The false god of limitless choices, like those at a coffeehouse, is enslaving modern Americans. How to resist him.
February 15, 2013
Lance Armstrong Has Lost Nearly Everything
And if he loses it all, it could be the best thing that ever happens to him.
October 12, 2012
Sex, Money ... Pride? Why Pastors Are Stepping Down
What's causing some well-known leaders like C. J. Mahaney (and John Piper before him) to step aside is not what you might think.
July 14, 2011
Quivering with Fear: A Review of 'Quivering Daughters'
Hillary McFarland reveals the idolatry of patriarchal Christianity.
June 23, 2011
Q & A: Tim Tebow on Faith, Fame, & Football
The NFL athlete reflects on his outspoken faith, whether athletes should attribute their wins to God, and moving from the Focus on the Family ad to Jockey ads.
June 10, 2011
Magic Words: Ghanaian Churches Confront Fake Pastors
Ghana's church planting boom has left denominations struggling to keep opportunists out of pulpits.
May 12, 2011
Mercifully Forsaken
There is a reason Good Friday is called good, and why we can be thankful when God forsakes us.
April 21, 2011
The Gods of the Checkout Aisle
Understanding the parareligion of celebrity culture. A review of 'Gods Behaving Badly.'
April 20, 2011
Idolatry, the Gospel, and the Imitation of God
Why evangelicals have taken such an interest in idols.
March 24, 2011
Do Christian Athletes Strike Out on Big-dollar Contracts?
Observers ask whether Albert Pujols' Christian testimony squares with his holding out for the largest contract in the history of baseball.
February 25, 2011
Flunking Pew's Pop Quiz
Good thing the Last Judgment is not a round of Final Jeopardy!
January 17, 2011
Tim Keller: What We Owe the Poor
The pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church says seeking justice is not optional for the person saved by grace.
December 6, 2010
Pass the Casserole
Losing control over your eating—like, when you can’t cook after surgery for cancer—has a way of turning anxiety into gratitude.
November 24, 2010
God Talk Is Dangerous
Apparently the Almighty has given us permission to talk about that which we know relatively little about.
July 29, 2010
American Idols and Saints
Newsweek, Fox News, and others debate whether the "Christian viewer vote" has become too powerful.
May 25, 2010
Mother's Day Worship?
Leaders weigh in on whether churches should celebrate Mother’s Day in worship services.
May 6, 2010
Sports Fanatics
How Christians have succumbed to the sports culture—and what might be done about it.
January 29, 2010
Why Organic Church Is Not Exactly a Movement
If the driving force of any movement or phenomenon is not Jesus Christ, we are building castles in the air. A response to "Long Live the Organic Church."
January 13, 2010
American Idols
Tim Keller explains why money, sex, and power so easily capture our affections.
October 20, 2009
How to Find Your Rival Gods
Idolatry is not just a failure to obey God, it is a setting of the whole heart on something besides God.
October 20, 2009
An Open Letter to Tim Tebow's Fans
The high-profile quarterback, a devout Christian, practically walks on water. But give him a break. Please.
August 31, 2009
The Heresy of 'Individualism'?
The 'individualism' we profess is not only not a heresy—it is at the heart of the gospel.
July 15, 2009
Jesus Is Not a Brand
Why it is dangerous to make evangelism another form of marketing.
January 2, 2009
Blessed Be the Name of the Lord
Why 'Creator, Redeemer, Sanctifier' is somewhere between heresy and idolatry.
May 8, 2008
Stations of the Cross — Without the Cross
Episcopalian liturgy for Stations of the Millennium Development Goals truncates the gospel, critics say.
March 6, 2008
Vatican Says Baptisms Must Use Traditional Trinity
Those "in the name of the Creator, and of the Redeemer, and of the Sanctifier" are invalid.
March 3, 2008
Traveling with Wesley 
A recent trip to England brought home rich insights on wealth.
November 20, 2007
Why We Love Football
Grace and idolatry run crossing patterns in the new American pastime.
September 7, 2007
Visual Spirituality
Is religious art, like Michelangelo's 'Creation of Adam,' a violation of the second commandment when God is portrayed?—Steve Potts, Jackson, Mississippi
May 1, 2006
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