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What Are Parents For?
October 14, 2024
Scripture has a clear vision for parents as stewards of our children. It’s not an instruction manual for modern parenting spats.
No More Sundays on the Couch
COVID got us used to staying home. But it’s the work of God’s people to lift up the name of Christ and receive God’s Word—together.
The Evangelicalism of Jimmy Carter
The former president, who turns 100 on Tuesday, was elected while serving as a Southern Baptist deacon. But he was never fully welcomed by white evangelicals as one of our own.
Who Is My Neighbor?
How Christians can love well in a digitized, global, and polarized world.
25 Precepts for This (and Every) Election
On disagreement, faithfulness, forbearance, and votes.
Writers
Faith Lived Close to the Land
Growing up on a farm indelibly shaped my understanding of God and his creation. It’s an increasingly uncommon experience.
Pastors, We Have to Play the Long Game
My whole ministry, I’ve watched fellow pastors crumble. We need to change our scoreboard of success.
Emptying the Nest in Hope, not Fear
When Christian kids leave home, we worry about deconversion. But our trust and hope are in Christ, not well-practiced apologetics.
The United Nations Is a Mission Field
What I have learned representing my Christian organization to diplomats from 193 countries.
Give Gen Z Students Some Credit
Don’t ‘Spiritually Bypass’ Your Church-Hurt Neighbor
Like the Good Samaritan, we’re called to offer a healing balm, not pour salt on their wounds.
Sports Betting Has Become Too Prevalent for Christians to Ignore
Online gambling isn’t necessarily sinful, but it’s certainly not a careful use of the wealth God has given us.
Shielded from Truth at Our Own Expense
The Bible consistently tells us we must examine ourselves and accept correction, but our culture is forgetting the art of fair critique.
School Screens Are Worst for the Least of These
Unclench Your Fist
Instead of white-knuckling our way through life in a pluralistic, rapidly changing society, Christians should learn from Augustine’s openhanded discipleship.
The Church Can Help End the Phone-Based Childhood
Christians fought for laws to protect children during the Industrial Revolution. We can do it again in the smartphone age.
The Soul of MAGA
The loves and desires that draw evangelicals to Donald Trump.