All Shook UpExperience in Pentecostal churches fired a love of music many early rockers couldn't shake
Randall J. Stephens, excerpted from 'The Fire Spreads'|
A Christ-Haunted American OriginalCash had a sometimes constructive, sometimes tortured relation to his faith and his native land.
Rodney Clapp, excerpted from 'Johnny Cash and the Great American Contradiction'|
Heaven Is Not Our HomeThe bodily resurrection is the good news of the gospel—and thus our social and political mandate.
N. T. Wright|
Opening a Door into PrayerA reflection on solitude during Lent, excerpted from Small Surrenders: A Lenten Journey.
Emilie Griffin|
Technology and the GospelPhyllis Tickle, Brian McLaren, and others weigh in on worship and evangelism in a plugged-in age.
Becky Garrison, excerpted from 'Rising from the Ashes: Rethinking Church'|
What Evangelism Isn'tWe need to stop mistaking other Christian activities for the spreading of the gospel.
Mark Dever, excerpted and adapted from 'The Gospel and Personal Evangelism'|
Hillary's Spiritual FormationSen. Clinton's youth group leader was one of her early influences toward social activism.
Paul Kengor, excerpted and adapted from 'God and Hillary Clinton: A Spiritual Life'.|
The Communion of the SaintsAcknowledging those who have run the race before us.
John E. Colwell, excerpted from 'The Rhythm of Doctrine'|
The Gospel According to SafewayThe checkout line and the good life.
Jeremy D. Lawson, Michael J. Sleasman, and Charles A. Anderson, excerpted and adapted from 'Everyday Theology'.|
Runner-up WifeAnd other resources that give insight into remarriage.
Ginger Kolbaba|
The Son's Day to SundaySunday tells how the first day of the week went from the Lord's Day to Christian Sunday.
Craig Harline|
Amish Grace and the Rest of UsThe Amish response to the Nickel Mines shootings wasn't just plain Christianity.
Donald B. Kraybill, Steven M. Nolt, and David L. Weaver-Zercher|
Meditating Like a DogEugene Peterson on the discipline of spiritual reading.
Eugene Peterson, from 'Eat This Book'|
The Winter of Our Discontent"A cantankerous old woman is never so annoying as when she is in some way related to you."
Jamie Langston Turner, from 'Winter Birds'|
Does God Have Enemies?The message of Obadiah.
Mark Dever, excerpted from 'The Message of the Old Testament'|
An Obligation to Remember Eternally?Resentment, even in the name of justice, is not for those who expect God's final reconciliation.
Miroslav Volf, excerpted from 'The End of Memory'|
Lite of the World?The Culturally Savvy Christian says we need to combat superficiality.
Russ Breimeier|
Why the Church Is ImportantThe institutional church is for every believer.
Tony Campolo. Excerpted from 'Letters to a Young Evangelical'.|
God Is Not the Object of Our WorshipHe is the subject who forms us as we sing, tell, pray, and enact God's story in worship.
Robert E. Webber, excerpted from 'The Divine Embrace'|