Most Christians recognize these foundational truths in their faith. I am sinful and broken. I cannot fix my sin on my own, so I need a savior, Jesus...
When I was in college, I read through the Bible for the first time. Before that, I had only read some of the New Testament and a few...
A 2006 Pew Forum poll of self-identified U.S. Christians* revealed that forty-six percent of respondents agreed with the following statement: God will grant material prosperity to all believers...
When Herod realized that he had been outwitted by the Magi, he was furious, and he gave orders to kill all the boys in Bethlehem and its vicinity...
Is the prosperity gospel biblical? Last week, I introduced the “prosperity gospel”—what it is and why it’s harmful. Today, I’d like to address a biblical response to this...
Chuck Colson, in his 2012 book The Faith: What Christians Believe, Why They Believe It, and Why It Matters, included a chapter entitled, “The Invasion.” There he describes...
One error Christians can make in their understanding of money is to think wealth is inherently sinful, and creating and accruing wealth is contrary to God’s plan. In...
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant” —Robert Louis Stevenson A wave of relief washed over me as I...
The world is ravaged by poverty and the way we strive to fight poverty isn’t working. If the goal is flourishing, then the means to achieve this goal...
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