In this sinful world, God allows us to experience pain, sickness, and death. Through suffering, though, we are comforted that we are destined for a place where God will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.

Romney’s campaign strategists now seem comfortable enough to begin to weave his religion into the personal narrative they are presenting to the public.

Administrators conducted an exhaustive pre-investigation to determine whether a more comprehensive one would be necessary — including hiring a consultant who formerly ran the Office of Research Integrity at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to oversee the process.

That day was a dark day in my life and still haunts me from time to time. I truly believe that God was in control on that day, and the He is still sovereign. What seemed like a tragic event so long ago, amidst the smell of burning rubber, broken glass, and a crumpled car, was God’s sovereign plan being unfolded in my life.

In one indication of the gap between perception and reality, 10 percent of the respondents to the generosity survey reported tithing 10 percent of their income to charity although their records showed they gave $200 or less. The self-deception appears to be limiting giving.

John was always above reproach, and never had to be told to put healthy boundaries in place. He was for me all he needed to be – an excellent basketball coach. My parents had every reason to trust him, and because they did, the trajectory of my life was changed – for the better –... Continue Reading

Donna was grateful for the sacrificial love her mom had shown while taking care of so many kids with so little means. It was this sacrificial love that Donna remembered when God called her to do something similar. “Think about all those children out there who do not have what you had in a mother,”... Continue Reading

Clement believed that music could build (or destroy) character. The pagans of his day sang at banquets and at domestic dinner tables. In the years before "church music" was invented, music had a place in the Christian home—as a way to welcome guests, to unite husband and wife in the same melodies, and to improve the character of the whole household.

Millennials are King David’s anti-type---they don’t own a house and can’t quite see why they should help God to have one, either.

The Israeli mother of one of the 15 murdered victims who died in the infamous Jerusalem Sbarro 2001 restaurant bombing is denouncing former longtime Christian Century editor James Wall for defending her daughter’s Palestinian murderer.