Articles

• Can You Have Too Much Therapy?

  How can you tell if your therapy experience is helpful? When do you know you’ve had enough therapy, at least for now?

• The Holy Spirit Makes Ordinary Women Extraordinary

  Consistent time in the Scriptures does extraordinary work in our hearts over time.

• Science Requires the Christian God

  Far from being antithetical to faith, Christian assumptions about creation make science possible.

• Don’t Assume Biblically Literate Students Are Doing Fine

  When we mistake biblical familiarity for faith, we can fall into several dangerous traps.

• To See the Unseen: The Holy Spirit’s Eye-Opening Work

  After Jesus goes to the cross, dies, resurrects, and ascends, he gives his own Spirit to every believer. Then, Christ’s mission is unbound and advances exponentially.

• Whatever Happened to Postmillennialism?

  Postmillennialism’s decline was a fruit of the cultural soil that spurred its growth.

• The Psychedelic Renaissance: A Story of Hype and Hubris

  Pitched as a path to healing and transcendence, psychedelics are gaining steam. But they’re a dead end, failing to deliver what they promise.

• What Acts Teaches About Church-Growth Problems

  If enemies arise to oppose the church, or skeptics slam doors in our faces, we shouldn’t assume failure.

• Spiritual Formation ‘Technique’ Isn’t a Substitute for Battling Sin

  Techniques can help our spiritual formation—but not if they outweigh our concern about besetting sin. 

• Is Charlie Kirk’s Assassination a Turning Point?

  Here are three ways Charlie Kirk’s assassination might accelerate already-in-motion trends, and why it matters for Christians.

• The ‘2 Roads’ Approach to Evangelism

  This combined approach speaks to both personal salvation and cosmic purpose, addressing the intellectual and existential questions of our time while remaining faithful to the biblical gospel.

• 5 Postures for New Elders

  Remember that God delights to turn unseen faithfulness into eternal glory.

• Don’t Dread Financial Giving

  You don’t need a certain amount of money to be generous. Generosity is simply giving cheerfully without expectation of return.

• Who Made Science and Faith Enemies?

  Are creationists to blame for manufacturing the irresolvable tensions between science and faith?

• ‘Light of the World’: Another Step Forward for Animated Jesus Stories

  ‘The Light of the World’ is a beautifully animated Jesus movie for kids, even if its narrative is a bit overstuffed.

• Experiences Shape Beliefs. They Shouldn’t Determine Them.

  Experiences and suffering shape—but do not determine—our beliefs.

• The Promised Land: Why and to What End?

  Israel’s entrance into the land looks back to Eden to forecast the full and final renewal of all the earth.

• The N. I. C. E. Dystopia: C. S. Lewis on Escaping Our Humanity

  More than wealth, or fame, or purpose, or identity, the modern West pursues escape—from obligations, from commitments, from confinement, from limits.