Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers.

A veteran missiologist shares a lifetime of lessons on bringing the gospel into unfamiliar settings.

We must always be people of the Word, but we’ll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture.

Eastern Orthodox poet Scott Cairns reflects on his new collection, his journey of faith, and poetry’s capacity to apprehend inexhaustible realities.

Two new memoirs, Troubled and Between Two Trailers, make a powerful—if unintentional—case for the Christian ethos of family and community.

An excerpt from The Sacred Chain: How Understanding Evolution Leads to Deeper Faith.

Christian writers and artists need communities of like-minded creatives so we can best serve both the church and the world.

If anything, the historical details are even messier than Susan Lim’s new account allows.

Christians should encourage doubters’ questions. They should also discern what those questions might be seeking.

An excerpt from Peace over Perfection on the command to “be perfect,” the exhaustion of scrupulosity, and rest in Christ.

Ephraim Radner’s “narrow” concern for protecting the mundane goods of earthly life isn’t so narrow after all.

Sandra Glahn studies the record of an Ephesian goddess to aid our reading of a challenging passage.

Timothy P. Carney’s Family Unfriendly explores plunging American fertility and how to get out of the baby bust.

Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images.

Aslan is fictional, but the real Lion of Judah reminds us that we’re forgiven.

When it comes to defending the faith, local congregations have long been the first line of defense.

How a romance author journeyed with God through an unwanted divorce.

Nijay Gupta helps us rediscover the compelling strangeness of the earliest Christians.

Like the disciples, we need to learn the difference between trust in Jesus and spiritual cockiness.