September (Web-only) 2023

How Japanese American Pastors Prepared Their Flocks For Internment
Sermons preached the Sunday before they were sent off exhorted suffering Christians to find their hope in Jesus and to continue to gather together.

Mitt Romney Chose Truth Over Tribe. We Should Too.
Character and competency matter all the time, whether that’s in public office or the church.

All About That Tenor: Why Men Don’t Sing in Worship
Music experts say we don't need more "manly songs," but we do need to help lower voices find their place

Jesus Paid It All. There’s Still So Much We Owe.
Why the call to good works goes hand in hand with the free gift of grace.

Single Christian Women Are Much More Than Their Wombs
The early church elevated females for their faith witness, not their fertility. We should do the same today.

Myanmar’s Christians: As Our Churches Burn and People Flee, We Need the US’s Help
The Biden administration and the global church can do more to help the Chin people in Myanmar.

Church Is Life Together or Not at All
It’s time for evangelicals to rediscover Bonhoeffer’s best-known work on the nature of Christian community.
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More Than Manipur: Tribal Christians Divided by Borders Yet United in Faith
The Kuki share ancestry with the Chin in Myanmar and the Mizo in India’s Mizoram, all of whom have a history of Christianity and turmoil.

Esau McCaulley: The Streets Sent Me to the Pulpit
But then my path to preaching took an unexpected turn.

Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Meow
I used to hate cats. Now my pet is a daily reminder of God’s generosity to me.

The Problem with Anti-Anti-Christian Nationalism
Moderate Christian nationalists shouldn't be smeared. But neither should extremism be defended.

How to Talk to a Christian-Curious Agnostic
A new breed of secular seeker is replacing the New Atheists. But how can we reach them?

How Christians Can Break the Stronghold of a Curse-Informed Worldview
A Nigerian pastor refuses to live his life by this framework—and he wants to help the African church get there too.

4 in 10 Evangelicals Say They’ve Been Visited by the Dead
Despite Scripture’s warning against communication from beyond the grave, most consider hearing from loved ones to be a comfort in their grief.
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In a World of Speed and Power, Cormac McCarthy Wasn’t Afraid of Depth
The late novelist’s final books are ambitious portraits of the Western world and the human soul.

It’s Eden Somewhere
The late Jimmy Buffett’s songs and the writings of J.R.R. Tolkien both long for a home just beyond reach.

Singleness Is Not a Sin
But in Scripture, church history, and singles’ own accounts of their lives, it’s usually not a good thing, either.

The People of Dog: Christians Own More Canines Than Cats
“I think there's a theological argument there that we're doing what God designed us to do by taking care of animals.”

All the Lonely People in the Building
Hulu’s whodunit is stubbornly pro-community in an isolated age.

Worship Artists Who Skip Labels Still Need Support
An emerging infrastructure offers indie musicians help with streaming and marketing without signing away their music rights.