Caring for friends who are walking through pregnancy loss can feel like walking through a minefield. We know even a small misstep can cause great pain. Fear and insecurity can…
Month: December 2020
5 Popular Lies About Family Discipleship – Matt Chandler
Family discipleship is the incredibly important and mostly ordinary spiritual leadership of your home. Put simply, family discipleship is leading your home by doing whatever you can whenever you can…
Go Tell It on the Facebook Live – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Usually by now, church staff are knee-deep in Christmas planning. The children’s pageant script is chosen, the choir is working on Advent selections, and someone has placed orders for large…
How a Former Radical Sparked the New Calvinist Movement – Sarah Eekhoff Zylstra
Everything had been going so well. By the early 1970s, the Jesus Movement was sparking a nationwide revival after the assassinations and protests and sex and drugs of the late…
More Died of Suicide Last Month in Japan than During the Entire COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in various struggles around the world, from isolation caused by the shutdowns to businesses that have closed or were forced to lay off workers due…
Ordinances Banning “Sexual Orientation Change Efforts” Are Unconstitutional, Says 11th Circuit
Many Christians, especially when it comes to LGBT-related issues, have bought into what might be called “the inevitability thesis.” Nearly everything in our culture has convinced them to assume that…
Religious Freedom on the Docket as SCOTUS and 6th Circuit Issue COVID-Related Rulings Affecting Four States
Most Americans celebrated Thanksgiving under less than ideal conditions this year because of COVID. Family gatherings last week were smaller than usual in many places, either through voluntary efforts of…