How do we move forward when everything around us is crumbling? How do we hold on to hope? Drawing from her experience of losing an infant son, losing her marriage,…
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‘Pressure’: D-Day Drama About the Weather – Brett McCracken
It may have been history’s most consequential weather forecast. The Allies were ready for their long-planned D-Day landings on the beaches of Normandy—the largest amphibious assault in history, which would…
The Life Story of Jesus in Romans – Brian Rosner
Critical biblical scholarship has sometimes driven a wedge between Jesus and Paul. Some claim, for example, that Paul’s version of the gospel is different from the Gospel’s presentation of Jesus.…
Don’t Take a Vacation from Spiritual Growth – Courtney Doctor, Melissa Kruger
Courtney and Melissa discuss the importance of pursuing spiritual growth during the summer, despite disrupted routines. They talk about practices and strategies that have helped them grow during the summer…
Bart Ehrman Gives One Cheer for Christianity – Andrew Spencer
Christian ethics, grounded in both the Old and New Testaments, have dramatically shaped Western culture. As Jeremiah Unterman argues in Justice for All, “The Jewish Bible not only changed the…
Where to Look When Your Life Is Changing – Cassie Achermann
I got married eight months ago. I’d previously been living on the same property as my sister, her husband, and their two young daughters. So the joys of marriage were…
Netflix’s ‘Lord of the Flies’ and Sin’s Downward Spiral – Brett McCracken
I was in high school when I read William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. Three decades later, I still remember the disturbing experience and particular images and lines from the…
Can Agentic AI Pastor Your Church? – Sebastian Y. Kim
Churches and seminaries are facing a new challenge: the automation of pastoral work through agentic AI. Unlike generative tools such as ChatGPT or Gemini, agentic AI doesn’t wait for weekly…
Another Look at the Stilling of the Storm – Benjamin L. Gladd, Matthew Harmon
Matt Harmon and Ben Gladd examine Mark 4:35–41 and show how the stilling of the storm reveals Jesus as the faithful prophet, the greater David, the true Joshua, and Yahweh…
Why Francis Schaeffer Still Matters – Louis Markos
Francis Schaeffer (1912–84) was one of the 20th century’s bravest soldiers in the war against secularization, the privatization of religion, and the relativizing of all claims that there are absolute…