fruitfulness The Purpose of Jesus' Most Perplexing Miracle June 22, 2022 Jesus cursed the fig tree to spur us to fruitfulness based on faith in Him. The fruitfulness He desires is for us to create communities of selfless love.
love your neighbor Help Your Neighbor, Heal the Nation May 28, 2022 Recent surveys suggest a key part of the solution to America's political polarization is to get to know our neighbors.
Family Healthy Households, Healthy Hearts April 30, 2022 Research now shows doing the mundane tasks to keep our houses and families running has long-lasting effects, physically as well as spiritually, on our children's hearts.
Work The Massive Value of Unpaid Work March 31, 2022 Our society doesn’t value work that doesn’t pay. But recent work by economists show that unpaid labor--by moms, retirees and volunteers--has a huge dollar value.
church and culture The Virtuous Cycle of Church and Culture February 26, 2022 Church and culture were both designed to be communities of selfless love. Companies like Amazon show that, even today, each one helps the other advance toward that goal.
Exile Rivers in the Desert January 29, 2022 When we’re exiled by cold weather, a winter wave of COVID or other hardship, the Bible tells us God is sustaining us and delivering us.
population More Now Than Ever December 29, 2021 When we get down, it's worth remembering this fact: there are nearly 4 times more Christians today as a century ago.
suffering Giving Thanks for Prosperity and Adversity November 27, 2021 God sustains us through prosperity and refines us through adversity.
Divorce Staying Power October 29, 2021 In most developed countries around the world, divorces have been falling since the 1990s, hitting lows not seen since the late 1960s. That's good news.
life and death Living Long in the Land September 29, 2021 Despite declines in 2020, life expectancies remain double what they used to be--something we should celebrate and seek to sustain.
Face masks Would Luther and Calvin Wear Masks? August 28, 2021 Rather than focusing on our individual rights, Luther and Calvin's theology on vocation turns our attention to the needs of our neighbors.
Immigration: The Same Yesterday and Today July 30, 2021 Immigrants and their kids, like Olympic champion Suni Lee, are joining the broader American culture, just as previous generations did.
Christian Missions War is Down, Witnessing is Up June 30, 2021 Our world doesn’t feel peaceful, but in fact it is. Especially over the past 75 years, peace has spread over the globe and, with it, the gospel.
Poverty The Poor Are Getting Richer—Along with Most Everyone Else May 20, 2021 Contrary to popular belief, the poor today have consistently been getting richer, here in the U.S. and around the world.
Racism Racism is Receding But Still Requires Christ's Redeeming April 30, 2021 Racist attitudes have declined substantially, even in our lifetimes, but they aren't gone. Christians black and white should pray together for true healing.
Parenting Teach Them Diligently March 31, 2021 Being home during the pandemic has helped me see we're to teach our children not only what God says but also how we apply His words in day-to-day living.
abortion Seeing Kingdom Light in Cultural Dark February 17, 2021 Even if Christianity appears to be losing culturally, if we have eyes to see, we can glimpse Jesus the King acting in culture to bless us and glorify Him.
Church In Days of Trouble, the Church Matters January 29, 2021 As the pandemic continues to rage and spread despair, a Gallup survey shows one of the best things we can do is to go to church.
new year's resolutions The New Year's Resolution We All Need December 30, 2020 Amid cancel culture, political polarization and racial division, we need more than ever to ‘Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood’
Politics Give Thanks. Life is More Than Politics November 19, 2020 When I sit down for the Thanksgiving meal, I'll thank God I was able to participate in politics this year. But I’ll also give thanks that life is much more than that.
Politics Count it all joy ... if the other guy wins September 30, 2020 If the person we don’t vote for wins, let us respond with joy. Because even bad leaders create opportunities for Christians to serve.
Providence Building Our House on the Rock August 29, 2020 Fifteen years after buying a house we couldn't afford, God has used the challenges of our house to reveal His providence and to grow us in our reliance on Him.
biblical sufficiency Faith for the Fog July 31, 2020 The Bible doesn't tell us how God will provide a job, a house or safety from a virus. But it does show us He takes care of His people—even when they can't foresee how.
deaths of despair Hope for Hard Times July 01, 2020 As "deaths of despair" are rising again in America amid the coronavirus pandemic, Christian faith offers to turn great hardship into abiding hope.
strangers and exiles We Are All Exiles Now May 29, 2020 Beyond physical separation and severe persecution, exile always includes a deep longing caused when our circumstances aren't what they ought to be. These days, all of us feel that.
