John Lennon's Born-Again Phase"Can He love me?" the former Beatle asked Oral Roberts. "I want out of hell."
An excerpt from 'The Gospel According to the Beatles' by Steve Turner|
"Shall the Fundamentalists Win?"An excerpt from Philip Jenkins' new book, The New Faces of Christianity: Believing the Bible in the Global South.
Philip Jenkins|
Finding a FamilyA man needs a dad. I found mine when I moved in with a friend.
Donald Miller, an excerpt from 'To Own a Dragon'|
Life in a Country of DeathExperiencing Christ's resurrection comes in ordinary moments, like sitting down to a meal.
Eugene H. Peterson, an excerpt from 'Living the Resurrection'|
Our Anti-Intellectual HeritageThe history and beliefs of the Pentecostal movement, often shared by evangelicals, hold the seeds of a bias against the life of the mind.
Rick M. Nanez. An excerpt from 'Full Gospel, Fractured Minds?'|
Community In, Not Of, CapitalismOur modern notions of money and possessions blind us to the reality that everything belongs to God and therefore our church community.
David E. Fitch. An excerpt from 'The Great Giveaway'.|
One Way, Many ViewsWhat we believe about the Bible says a lot about how we interact with other faiths.
Robert Wuthnow, excerpted from 'America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity'|
Into the WonderYou won't understand the genius of C. S. Lewis's literary criticism, satire, science fiction, and theological essays until you spend time in Narnia.
Alan Jacobs|
The $65,000 QuestionAnd the answer my autistic grandson gives.
From a new book by Charles Colson with Harold Fickett|
Running to PrisonDoing what Jesus says doesn't make any sense, but—if you actually try it—it works.
by Don Everts, excerpted from 'God in the Flesh'|
The Strength of SolitudeLearning to be with God in solitude allows us to be Godly in community.
by Ruth Haley Barton|
All Churches Should Be MultiracialThe biblical case.
An excerpt from 'United by Faith' by Curtiss Paul DeYoung, Michael O. Emerson, George Yancey, and Karen Chai Kim|