To live in the modern Western world is to live where the public square is determinedly secularized. The players in the square in America,…
Babylon Series: Part 12 Getting to the Gospel
Discernment / Faith / The Skill
Since movies contain the stories of our culture, thoughtfully engaging them can prompt discussion about things that are otherwise almost impossible to raise in…
THE HINGE GENERATION: Millennials and the Future of the Evangelical Church
Some people and some generations stand out. Tom Brokaw celebrated those Americans who came of age during the Great Depression and the Second World…
Confidence with Humility
Many of our neighbors are dubious about truth claims, and tend to react negatively to anyone claiming that their beliefs are absolutely true and…
Working in Difficult Places
One of my Christian friends works for a large media corporation. His company produces various radio programs, magazines and television shows, generally of a…
At Peace, Always Troubled
The greatest goodness is a peaceful mind. - Atiśa Dipankara Shrijnana (982-1054 AD, Tibetan Buddhist teacher) A sense of deep inner peace is a…
Impatience in Prayer
“Pray, v. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.” [Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's…
Responding to Questions About Old Testament Law
Here’s the situation: A non-Christian friend asks how I can possibly take Old Testament laws against homosexuality seriously when other laws make provisions I…
The Unfairness of it All
In August, as Russian forces rolled into Georgia, I watched images of carnage from South Ossetia—a place I had never heard of, and perhaps…
“A Few Like You”: Will the Church be the Church for Homosexual Christians?
Culture / Faith / Hospitality / Spirituality
In 1947, the great English poet W. H. Auden wrote a letter to his friend Ursula Niebuhr in which he confessed: “I don’t think…