Category: Culture
Look at These Acts of Love and Generosity in the Age of Coronavirus
Covid-19 has hurled the nation—and much of the world—into a surreal moment. But amid widespread concern over infection, and the panic that accompanies nationwide quarantines, beautiful and neighborly things are happening. I see churches posting...
Christian Democrats Want Something Different
Christian Democrats are far more moderate than Democrats who identify as atheists, agnostics, and “nones.” Digging into data from Pew Research Center, I want to show how disparate these two groups are in their voting...
No, Most Christians Are Not Planning to Vote for Trump
Allow me to dispel a myth. It is simply not the case that the majority of Christians intend to vote for Donald Trump in the upcoming presidential election. This was news to me too. The...
Why Do We Love Our Enemies?
God has given us a command to “love our enemies.” But because the command is from God, we must believe it is not only a command to be blindly followed; it must also be, somehow,...
Why the World Still Needs the Church
The critics are right; the church is broken. Nowhere is this reality more apparent than in disputes about what the Bride of Christ actually is. An institution or a relationship? A means for spirituality or...
‘I Would Rather Die Than Hate You.’
Martin Luther King, Jr., knew love isn’t just a means of redeeming our enemies; it’s a way of redeeming ourselves. Hatred can only lead to more hatred, but by injecting love, the chain of hatred...
How Do We Love Our Enemies?
Martin Luther King, Jr., said that Jesus’ command to “love your enemies” is “an absolute necessity for the survival of our civilization.” But how do we love our enemies? King gives us three ways. Look...
London Leads UK in Prayer. But Only 1 in 10 Brits Prayed for Brexit.
The Bible repeatedly teaches the value of regular prayer. “Pray continually,” Paul tells the church in Thessalonica. Pray “in every situation,” he advises the church in Philippi. And to the church in Colossi he says,...
Maladjusted, Undignified, and Foolish
Our world is not as it should be. The path to success is perilous. The politics are venomous. The morals are rancorous. Things are not all bad, of course. There is much to be grateful...
Worth Sharing (18 January)
Should Followers of Christ Use Recreational Marijuana? Recreational weed became legal in Chicago on 1 January. The huge lines outside the dispensaries could easily have been confused with the wait-lines one might expect were Apple...