17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (881+ words) Silence from Scripture on new technologies and the ethical questions they raise is no excuse for silence from the church. In every generation, the church faces a specific set of challenges. In our time, the great challenges concern new technologies…...

17+ hour, 16+ min ago   (836+ words) The Bulletin with Sara Billups Holy indifference allows believers to release political anxiety and engage in constructive civic service. Many Americans say politics induce stress and complicate their physical and emotional health. Christians are not immune to this anxiety. Even…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1295+ words) More believers from China and Taiwan are finding Eastern Christianity appealing. I sought to uncover why. Saint Sophia Cathedral in Harbin City, China. In the late 2000s, as an undergraduate law student in Beijing, Justin Li grappled with questions about justice,…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (1483+ words) Controversial excavation in Jerusalem reveals new links to the biblical record. Givati Parking Lot excavations in the City of David in Jerusalem. My quest for the ark of the covenant was abruptly disrupted at 35,000 feet over the Atlantic Ocean. Three…...

22+ hour, 16+ min ago   (775+ words) Pastor Alex Zaytsev, on the end of the couch in a red shirt, hosting his teen ministry. Ukrainian American pastor Alex Zaytsev has witnessed Russia's war machine wreak havoc and tear families apart. When the full-scale invasion began in 2022, he…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (668+ words) If I wish to name-drop, I have only to list my ex-friends." So wrote editor and essayist Norman Podhoretz in the early pages of a 1999 book titled (unsurprisingly) Ex-Friends. Podhoretz, who died last month at age 95, was until his mid-30s part…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (641+ words) A group of disparate disciples, now made kindred, stood atop the Mount of Olives processing revelations from Jesus (Acts 1:12). They had very little uniformity before, and now they had a common anxiety on the journey back to Jerusalem. They wondered,…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (613+ words) Is Christian faith reasonable? This question has haunted and delighted the Christian mind since Justin Martyr'addressed it'in the second century. Believing that the gospel constitutes the truest story about the world, Christians have still had to grapple with how our…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (1826+ words) When I was a little girl, my dad, an immigrant from Czechia, bought international phone cards to call my grandma. As Voice over IP technology improved, we switched from phone to Skype and, later, to FaceTime video calls to stay…...

2+ day, 16+ min ago   (1718+ words) Among the 56 men who gathered in Philadelphia in the summer of 1776 to sign the Declaration of Independence, 8 were immigrants to the American colonies. Two were born in England, the rest in Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. Some came to North America…...