Ideas

The church calendar can help us address our frenzied pace of life.

Research shows that kids are naturally attuned for belief in God. We adults could learn from that.

Vegetative buffers taught me how to better respond to issues that so often divide us.

Evangelical factions can increasingly be identified by our speech. We agree on big issues yet insult and talk past each other.

I was surprised to find myself hosting an off-the-record chat with people worlds apart on public health. But I hope that night was a seed of something new.

The Trump administration releases new recommendations for Tylenol use during pregnancy.

Excellence and steady faithfulness may win the culture war.

The history of a prominent church pastored by MLK in Alabama shows the reason African Americans often don’t embrace either term.

Clarissa Moll and Jonathan Liedl discuss a new pro-life mission and identity for a violent world.

When we let fear be our ruler, it twists our perceptions, narrows our vision, and turns us away from the love of God and neighbor.

Lasting solutions come when we draw near to victims and seek God’s help in prayer.

The White House’s new prayer initiative reveals much about our national character.

He didn’t hedge or soften his positions to broaden appeal; he underlined them.

When we instrumentalize violence, we side with the accuser rather than with Christ.

Many Black Christians left evangelicalism after 2020. I almost joined them—until God showed me justice in his Word.

I can’t find any footage of my escape from Manhattan that horrible day. I looked and looked—and finally asked what I wanted to prove.