Across the country, churches are embracing physical challenges alongside spiritual devotion. Jiu-Jitsu ministries, weightlifting groups, and faith-based fitness programs are on the rise—not as gimmicks, but as a revival of an older, truer form of Christian manhood…Men who have spent years being told that their instincts are dangerous, their ambition oppressive, and their masculinity a... Continue Reading

The evangelical Christians still in Gaza suffer along with its 2 million inhabitants. Lack of food, water, shelter, and sewage is their daily fare, along with deadly bombings, artillery and gunfire. What should Christians do in response to this situation? Without resolving political issues, Christians may manifest Abraham’s compassion. He prayed for the cities of... Continue Reading

What the culture presents to Christians as treasure is, in truth, only so much trash, rubbish, and garbage. The Apostle Paul clearly understood this, confessing: “Whatever gain I had, I counted as loss for the sake of Christ. Indeed, I count everything as loss because of the surpassing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord”... Continue Reading

Consider the years of rigorous training required to become a neurosurgeon or an army general. Harvard Medical School does not train doctors virtually, nor does West Point ready officers online. Such callings demand commitment, sacrifice, and years of focused preparation. I contend that those called to the sacred task of shepherding Christ’s church and stewarding... Continue Reading

The same day as the inaugural meeting of the anti-Christian bias task force, Collins sent an email to all VA employees, asking them to anonymously report any offenses. Workers should speak up, he wrote, about any policies “hostile to Christian views” or any punishments for displaying Christian symbols. Collins’ email—like Trump’s executive order creating the... Continue Reading

Ecclesiastically, we have nothing at stake in the papal election. But culturally we Protestants do have an interest in who the next pope will be. Let’s hope he’s less ambiguous than the last.   The death of Pope Francis has captured the imagination of the wider world and perhaps inevitably raised the question of how... Continue Reading

Screenshots of post removal notifications showed that Facebook deleted posts with SermonAudio links for going against its Community Standards. The notifications said the links breached cybersecurity and phishing standards. SermonAudio also received notices that the social media platform removed some posts because users reported the content as abusive, it said.   Dozens of churches over... Continue Reading

As science fiction-style technology accelerates, Christians must get serious about bioethics and the theology of being human. We won’t know what to do with brainless “bodyoids” if we are theology-less brains and bodies. Even worse, we won’t have any way to resist that which destroys, exploits, or dehumanizes God’s image.     The recent debates over... Continue Reading

Jackson cites sociologists who say religion provides the “three B’s”: belief, belonging, and behaviors. Its beliefs supply answers to the hard questions of life; it gives people a place to belong; and it tells us how to behave. All three speak to deep needs in human experience. As a result, Jackson notes Pew findings that... Continue Reading

The UK Supreme Court decision is a victory, but it is not the end of the transgender culture wars. It may, however, be the end of the beginning—at least, in the UK. “Transwomen” are not women. That is no longer a dissident declaration, subject to potential prosecution and social ostracization. It is a statement of... Continue Reading