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It means a whole lot to us who are left behind if you take care of things beforehand.
It was so natural to spoon nourishment into the mouth of a toddler. It was so strange to spoon food into the mouth of a 90-year-old man.
Despite technology providers’ claims to the contrary, is it possible that our digital devices have made modern life less interesting?
Gravity is easy to observe and to measure, but we still don’t fully understand why it works the way it does.
Little did we fathom that our new bundle of feline joy came bearing surprises.
One rainy Sunday in late September, a thin, young figure trudged onto the bus with a bright red blanket wrapped around his shoulders.
One of my goals in teaching African church history is to dispel the myth all too present in Africa that Christianity is a white person’s religion.
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The church paved a way for me to discover my purpose and build a meaningful life. Christ followers everywhere must continue that work.
I see Christians debating about the “sin of empathy.” Is that a biblical teaching?
I have to make a big decision regarding a job opportunity. I've been reading my Bible and praying, but I still don’t know what to do. How do I know whether I’m making the right choice?
Just days earlier, I’d ended a 15-year friendship over political differences that had grown too painful to navigate.
The CRC has been inviting people from five or six classes at a time to gather in major cities and share stories of the challenges, opportunities, and Spirit-led transformation they’re seeing in their local communities.
As I tucked one of our younger kids into bed, tears began to fall.
“Let us go then, you and I, to the place our Rabbi lies.”
Should I feel guilty for the unjust actions of my ancestors or my country even if the actions happened before I was born?
To Charlie Kirk, Mike Huckabee, and every Christian taught to fear my people and my city—come and see.
Like the psalmists of old, I have been lamenting lately, honestly sharing my griefs, fears, and frustrations with God. Allow me to share some of them with you.
Because God’s desire is to partner with humanity, our small contribution matters.
A holistic gospel witness is a challenge to popular reductions of the gospel that diminish the full scope of the good news that Jesus proclaimed and lived.
My married kids don’t want to have children. To me, this is a self-centered decision. How can I convince them to be fruitful and multiply?
Modern American evangelicalism often implicitly (and at times explicitly) suggests the church should play an all-encompassing role in the life of the Christian.
Are children capable of taking on lead roles in our worship services, such as in reading Scripture, praying, blessing, or ushering? If so, how might we encourage this?