Opinion

• How My Evangelical Church Taught Me Not to Trust Myself, and How I Am Healing from It One of the hallmark characteristics of someone who has been spiritually abused is that they do not trust themselves. This has been one of the deepest wounds for me to heal, but the one that has made me feel the most empowered... Feb 07, 2022

  

  How My Evangelical Church Taught Me Not to Trust Myself, and How I Am Healing from It
• Faithfully Different In an interview with Shane Morris on the Upstream podcast, Natasha Crain pointed to the recent results of the American Worldview Inventory, conducted by George Barna and Arizona Christian University. According to that survey,... Feb 07, 2022

  

  Faithfully Different
• Our Ultimate Value Is Not Ours to Determine Our ultimate value is not ours to determine, though we are tempted every day to live as though it is. We each want to be our own god (Genesis 3:5), kings of our own kingdom. But we are unable by ourselves to become what we most... Feb 07, 2022

  

  Our Ultimate Value Is Not Ours to Determine
• God Is No Luddite, and We Need Not Be Either God is no Luddite. We need not be one either. A truly Christian worldview celebrates the beauty of innovation, while maintaining healthy skepticism about any and all utopian promises. Feb 04, 2022

  God Is No Luddite, and We Need Not Be Either
• Why You Should Keep Trusting God It’s not surprising when skeptics ask, “Why trust God when trusting God doesn’t seem to help?” It’s only human for Christians to ask the same question. Let’s consider two biblical responses: Feb 04, 2022

  Why You Should Keep Trusting God
• Quitting Online Church Is Abandoning the 1 for the 99 As more and more churches begin to reopen their physical locations, some are beginning to question whether online church should continue. Feb 03, 2022

  Quitting Online Church Is Abandoning the 1 for the 99
• Redefining 'Parent' Is Bad for Kids As Christians, we accept that the One in charge of the definition of “parent” is the One who created the process by which we become one. However, whether or not we are Christians, biology requires a man and a woman to create a... Feb 03, 2022

  Redefining 'Parent' Is Bad for Kids
• What Happens When Society Rejects the Notion of Objective Truth and Morality? When a cultural compass has no “north,” it will point in the direction it is pointed. In the absence of “the” truth, we are left with “your” truth and “my” truth. And when your truth disadvantages my truth, I will do what it... Feb 03, 2022

  What Happens When Society Rejects the Notion of Objective Truth and Morality?
• Are You Truly Desperate for God’s Presence? As most are aware, God's presence is terrifying for those facing judgment, but His presence is very welcoming, comforting, strengthening, and encouraging in the life of a believer. Throughout Scripture, the word "fire" is used... Feb 02, 2022

  Are You Truly Desperate for God’s Presence?
• Hope, 'HopePunk,' and the Gospel There’s a new genre of literature that most people have never heard of: “hopepunk.” Coined in 2017 by fantasy author Alexandra Rowland, “hopepunk” was a reaction to a different kind of writing dominating the market that... Feb 02, 2022

  Hope, 'HopePunk,' and the Gospel