What the 2016 Election Can (and Should) Teach Us
By this point in 2016, most Americans are thoroughly exhausted by politics. This is typical of our civic experience every two years but especially every four as presidential elections try our patience and chisel away at our sanity. We’re not sure if another ad, sound-bite, or slogan will aid our decision-making or cause us to consider Canadian citizenship. Most American Christians have been formed and shaped by traditions that...
Why Pastors Aren’t Perfect: An Interview with Zack Eswine
Pastors are a very unique species. They are not only called to bridge two worlds in their preaching, as the John Stott title famously put it, but to live in two worlds. They bear the demanding burden of feeding and leading the flock of God, while at the same time being members of the flock (1 Pt. 5:1-4). They must find a way daily to manage the expectations of those they serve, while living with the fact that those expectations still...
The Christian Publisher, Church, and Family: An Interview with Ron Hunter
For decades, Randall House Publications has served the National Association of Free Will Baptists as its publishing arm. In addition to being the main provider of curriculum to our churches, they also provide a range of resources and products designed to foster spiritual formation and discipleship. More recently, under the leadership of Executive Director and CEO Ron Hunter, they have attempted to move family ministry to the forefront...
Christianity and Technology: A Primer
Many years ago, various circumstances led me to focus my research and reflection on technology. In reality, what led me down this rabbit hole was observing the rapid change in the world around me. I saw its influence on Christian thought and practice, and I was curious as to why much of the best literature on technology and social change was not produced by people of traditional religious faith.[1] A recent CNN Films documentary...
Science and Hermeneutics: Reading Scripture with Isaac Newton
Christians, especially in the Reformed tradition, have often been cautious toward and even suspicious of natural theology. This approach to theology derives knowledge about God not primarily from revelation, but reasoned reflection on nature [1]. Many theologians hasten to highlight the limits of where reasoning from nature can take us with respect to knowing God. Many Christians after Darwin, Freud, and Einstein have felt deep...
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