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By Matthew Tyson
Allow me to begin with a direct and simple premise: For the Christian: the death penalty is inadmissible.
By this, I mean that the death penalty stands in opposition to the transformative power of Christ, the gospel’s message of redemption, and the mission handed down to Christians by Jesus himself.
By Donal Lardner Ward
For me, the most alarming aspect of the United Airlines incident is the relative passivity of the other passengers.
By Russell Jeung
When Ywa Blu Htoo arrived in the United States in 2010 at the age of eight, he couldn’t walk due to his cerebral palsy. Through Asian Health Services in Oakland, a clinic with specialized services for refugee families, he was able to get a primary care doctor and translated services in his Karen language for the first time in his life.
By Aimee Fritz
“I think I’ve changed my mind. I don’t think we should do this.” I bit my lip and put my hands in my pockets.
“Don’t be nervous. Be proud. This is who we are,” my husband said.
By John Seel, Ph.D.
People have different understandings when it comes to sexuality—divergent frames of thinking, if you will. Consequently, for many, most of the traditional do’s and don’ts of sexual ethics make no sense.
By Bill White
“What do you think is the value in LGBT people naming and defining their sexuality? How is that helpful or harmful for the heterosexual majority community and the church?”
By Matt Curcio
The United States is in the middle of an employment crisis—one that will probably never be covered by Fox or CNN.
Politicians are super proud of being able to get that big scary unemployment number down to 4.9 percent.
By Jill Murphy
Last month, Christians for Social Action was thrilled to help bring Kyle Meyaard-Schaap, the National Organizer and Spokesperson for YECA (Young Evangelicals for Climate Action),
By John Seel, Ph.D.
In many relational conflicts, an outsider does not want to venture too far into the middle. Divorce among friends is often such a conflict. So, too is the rejection of faith by the child of a prominent evangelical leader.
By Phil Olson
Holistic Christian discipleship requires a balanced relationship with God, God’s people, and God’s world. The Israelite prophet Micah recorded God’s intention for us (6:8): “Love mercy, do justice, and walk humbly with your God.” Amos, a contemporary of Micah, exhorted God’s people to “let justice run down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream” (5:24).
By Keith Tolley
Many of us in the church have drawn a dividing line between what constitutes “evangelism” and what constitutes “discipleship.” When a Christ-follower is involved in sharing the love and the gospel of Christ with someone who is not yet a Christ-follower, we call that evangelism.
By Dr. Gabriel Constans
I know it works. Millions of people around the world have risked life and limb to make it happen. But I don’t know, when it comes down to it, if I have the courage or moral strength to do it myself.
By Lisa Hoffman
السلام على يديك
Bless your hands.
Every language has its courtesies, and Arabic is a language full of beautiful sentiments for particular moments. There are words of invitation to call out to a passerby and offer a cup of coffee.
By Joshua Carson
I only have two feet, but I stand in a lot of different camps.
I was raised as an evangelical in the American South at a Southern Baptist church, and yet my home church ordains women.
By Jim Baton
Ding-dong. As I head for the door, my daughter screams. “Dad! Do not open that door!”
I turn to find my daughter peeking out the window. “Why not?” I ask.
From CSA
New Copernicans are those who embrace a new and emerging social imaginary that is post-Enlightenment and post-secular in its ethos. Carried predominately by millennials, the New Copernican perspective is both the hope for the American evangelical church and the emerging soul of American culture.
By Norman Wirzba
Sometimes when I ask people what it is they are looking forward to in heaven, they have surprisingly little to say. “It’s gonna be great!” and “I’m not going to be in pain anymore” are about as specific as it gets.
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