Stefani McDade

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The certainty of another believer can guide us back to the truth.

How “Jesus and the Powers,” cowritten with Michael F. Bird, calls Christians into the political sphere.

Attention to bodies and cultural conflict has brought attention to the question of what it means to be human.

We love celebrity conversions, but this obsession may not be as gospel-centered as it seems.

Wheaton professor Karen Jobes becomes president a decade after a study found “hostile and unwelcoming” atmosphere.

Far fewer British people agree with vitriolic assertions about religion. Still, disbelief in God is on the rise in both the UK and the US.

Popular portrayals of the God-Man can draw admiring crowds, but they can’t create imitating disciples.