Christ’s crucified body holds the pain experienced by the church body.

Even if Elevation’s Easter invites don’t spotlight the Crucifixion, it remains central to their worship.

Every year, we celebrate a dying and rising God who fulfills the hopes of ages past.

Ephraim Radner’s “narrow” concern for protecting the mundane goods of earthly life isn’t so narrow after all.

Everything is different because Jesus rose again. But do we live as if we understand he is alive?

More than 100 years ago, Latin America’s most secular country abolished Christian holidays. Local church leaders have struggled to reclaim them since.

What Jesus’ midnight prayer in the garden tells us about cosmic conflict in the supernatural realm.

Billions know the Roman governor’s name. But he didn’t know the very son of God standing before him.

Sandra Glahn studies the record of an Ephesian goddess to aid our reading of a challenging passage.

In the village of Kemadang, long dry spells threatened local farmers’ livelihoods until a church-led granary brought hope.

Arena events serve as the proving grounds for new music.

The “cheerful prudery” of Ned Flanders has given way to vulgarity, misogyny, and partisanship. What does this mean for our witness?

Rather than follow the equal protections secured in Supreme Court decisions, the Biden administration opted for a complicated and soul-killing alternative.

Christians should celebrate from Palm to Easter Sunday—and everything in between.

We gained an audience but overexposed our souls.

Abstaining from eating confronts the cultural lies we believe about our bodies.

A seminary professor from Sierra Leone shares how African arrivals are changing the church in Belgium and the rest of the continent.

What if we ordered our habitual gatherings around Christ and the gospel story more than twice a year?

Christian journalism has become even more important after the government passed a tough new national security law.

Timothy P. Carney’s Family Unfriendly explores plunging American fertility and how to get out of the baby bust.

Joy Clarkson peels back the veil of overfamiliarity from commonplace expressions and images.

I needed female heroes, and I found them in ancient churches.

An oft-forgotten mummy in Scripture teaches us how idolatry deadens, but Jesus awakens.

Anna Broadway’s survey of global singleness challenges a marriage status hierarchy within the church.

I understand frustration with media negativity. But bad news may be God’s invitation to work alongside him.

Evangelical leaders warn against spiritual immaturity and economic impulses in the social media landscape. 

The caricature of Rahab and other female characters in Scripture often sidelines their contribution.

The latest influencer movement wants to “bring back” a narrow vision of biblical womanhood with pretty pictures, long dresses, and homemade bread.

The phrase is increasingly useless—unfairly applied to ordinary Christians yet too weak to sufficiently condemn “another gospel” in our midst.

As a pastor, I’ve wrestled with the theological implications of my child’s disability.

Bandits, Japanese invaders, and Communists all threatened her life. Her dedication never wavered.

I asked ChatGPT to illustrate passages from the Old Testament prophet, and the results raise important questions for the church.

The prominent pastor’s claim that Martin Luther King Jr. was “not a Christian” is not only ahistorical. It misses God’s heart for justice.

How the Muslim month of Ramadan transformed my understanding of fasting, prayer, and Lent.

The late prime minister welcomed our engagement at a crucial time—and changed my mind about public witness.

Evangelical voters’ focus on policy over character came much earlier than you think.

Preston Sprinkle’s Exiles is a bracing call to return to Scripture, but some of his specific political applications are dubious.

Immigrants from South America are a growing force in churches on the other side of the Atlantic. But their electoral initiative is viewed with reservations.

Ill-defined talk about Christian nationalism misses a more serious threat: Christian leaders neglecting the real concerns of the laity.