Four reasons Christianity offers unparalleled confidence that history is headed somewhere good.

Jesus went without water so we could drink eternally from the fountain of God’s grace.

Take it from the “secret disciples” who buried Jesus: Sometimes it’s prudent to stay mum about your faith.

My pride was blinding me to an important truth: that healthy relationships revolve around mutuality, not one-sided generosity.

Hannah, Zechariah, and the psalmists have good reasons for speaking of them so reverently.

My caution to those who “stand for truth” by calling down “fire from heaven” upon its enemies.

Meet the woman who mentored the leaders and fostered the institutions that fueled its 20th-century transformation.

How his example can encourage believers who “walk in darkness, and see no light.”

If what we teach them is true, it will stand up to scrutiny.

How Christians are celebrating the holiday in the town of Jesus’ birth—and across the broader Middle East.

A holiday spent in grief helped me to take Christ’s coming more seriously.

How Christ’s death and resurrection speak to the particular suffering of African Americans.

Why this misperception poses a stumbling block to the spread of the gospel.

Why do we feel such a palpable sense of spiritual relief when the problem is with the body rather than the mind?

Maintaining a balance between gathering and scattering is the key to avoiding spiritual pneumonia.

Why Christians erupt in song, even when hope seems lost.

Pastors who rush in with the wrong treatment court spiritual disaster.

As a Middle Easterner, I can't read the Bible without a smile of recognition crawling across my face.

Hiding from God (and neighbor) is dehumanizing, but honest prayer and confession bring healing and freedom.