The fallen leaves swirling along the avenue remind me that although it is warm enough to sit outdoors with my coffee on this October afternoon, winter is just around the corner. Looking up, I notice one leaf on an otherwise bare tree.

Revision and reform are closely linked. We call ourselves the Reformed church as if it were past tense and complete. But we should be always reforming, allowing the Spirit to give us new vision and insight to re-vision what the Spirit says to us through Scripture.

엘리자베스는 다른 사람들은 모두 축복의 말들을 받았지만 자신은 제외되었음을 느꼈습니다. 다른 장애우들도 자신과 비슷한 경험이 있는지 궁금해졌습니다.

The idea that Fox News-watching religious Republican voters are a stand-in for all evangelicals is ludicrous.

My kid threw a fit when she saw the photos I had posted of her online. I think she’s overreacting, but what do you think?

We do not choose our beliefs based simply on how good or useful they are. Truthfulness is as important a criterion as goodness.

One of the quickest and easiest ways to fill a void in our lives is to buy something, and our mind convinces us for a moment that this will cure our ills.

When we lack unity, or at the very least, mutual respect, as people of faith we lose our saltiness, and our light grows dim. 

Everything Christians do for the Lord has significance not only for this life, but for the life to come. 

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I know what it’s like to be in a pastor’s family when called to a new church. This past year, I’ve gained new perspective going through a pastoral transition from the congregation’s side. 

In a culture drowning in conflict, there is simply nothing more beautiful, needful, or relevant than the reconciling power of the gospel and a people willing to live in light of it.

Whatever it looks like and however it is made, bread is a part of many celebrations and everyday meals all around the world.

The author of Genesis had no intention of giving us a 21st-century, scientifically precise account of how God created all things.

I recall the days when “Grape Road” was lined with cornfields and farmsteads. Now it’s a continuous three-mile strip of commercialism.

Elizabeth felt excluded; everyone else had received those blessing words. She wondered if other persons with disabilities had similar experiences.

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While his statement is not true of all Christian communities, his more than 20-year experience in his particular mega church circle is that people avoid these complicated topics.

Each individual has a unique genetic makeup, social history, and personality, and each teen will navigate this identity crisis in his or her own way.

As a Christian at a public university, I am asked this question most often. People naturally assume they’re pretty good. The psychologically healthy have a humble recognition of the good in themselves.

As I looked into the inner abyss of my soul, I saw an unfree self, chained together with an old friend, the pleaser identity.

정죄는 자신의 잘못은 가볍게 여기면서 타인의 잘못은 비판하여 도덕적 우월감을 조성하는 것입니다. 

When we got the news that our adoption was annulled and I had been labeled a five-year hazard, I believed the entire year had been a waste, and I was the one who had wasted it. I believed this knowing what I know as a Christian in my head.