The Fitness-Driven Church
Across the country, congregations are whipping members into shape with highly marketed, faith-based health programs. What’s right—and troubling—about the trend.
Why Your Church Needs a Dr. Oz
Fitness programs like the one launched at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church rightfully teach us that exercise and healthy eating are not spiritually ‘neutral.’
Max Lucado Stepping Down
Plus: Zimbabwe cracks down on church leaders, Israel considers anti-evangelism bill, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Lebanon Bus Bombs Target Christians
Plus: Rumor prompts Egyptian Muslims to attack Copts; Anglicans and Presbyterians prepare for splits; TV station criticized after pastor’s suicide; and other stories from online sources around the world.
Poland Bishop Crisis Likely to Worsen
Plus: The clergy abuse scandal at five years, the latest on Judas Iscariot, ex-gay sheep, and other stories from online sources around the world.
Choking on Modernity
The Maker’s Diet is part of the problem.
Deeper into Chastity
It was the failures of my sexual history that brought me to see it as sin.
Sex in the Body of Christ
Chastity is a spiritual discipline for the whole church.
Evangelicals and Catholics Really Together?
Plus: One federal judge rules partial-birth abortion ban unconstitutional with two more yet to rule.
New Sect: Weigh Down guru Gwen Shamblin’s Remnant Fellowship grows.
“Remnant Fellowship grows, but critics see ‘graceless legalism.'”