Opinion

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  The Children of Ukraine Are Paying the True Cost of War: How to Be a Peacemaker Where You Live It’s been almost seventeen months since Russia first invaded Ukraine, and the nature of the headlines hasn’t changed much.This week alone, we’ve been greeted with news of Russia bombing the ports in Odesa,... Ryan Denison Jul 21, 2023
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  Standing Strong During a Cultural Shift This brave new world of hostility is familiar for our brothers and sisters elsewhere, in places like Nigeria, India, and China. Ours are more experiences of a series of horrible moments, such as earlier this... John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Jul 20, 2023
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  When I Give God My Best, He Gives His Best to Me and Through Me Anxiety is the most common mental disorder in the US. In my wife’s excellent recent blog on anxiety and thankfulness, she notes that “experiences of high psychological distress are especially widespread... Jim Denison Jul 20, 2023
• Investing and Inviting to Achieve Maximum Impact The core dynamic of evangelism is investing and inviting. Let’s start off with the invest part. Investing in someone is simply about building a relationship: getting to know them, spending time with them,... Dr. James Emery White Jul 20, 2023
• Questions to Ask Yourself When You're Feeling Off Spiritually God puts us in deeper waters through many different aspects of our lives. Maybe it’s a new job that requires way more than you feel capable of, and you lose your bearings on who you are and what you can do.... Kelly-Jayne McGlynn Jul 19, 2023
• Why Caring for Children Has Always Been a Priority of the Church Nineteenth century India was a particularly brutal place for girls. Women were considered inferior to men and were not allowed to be educated or employed. Child marriage was a fairly common practice. Though... John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine Jul 19, 2023
• The Post-Christian Trajectory of Our Culture Does Not Have to Be Ours The Scottish theologian Sinclair Ferguson is right: “We cannot reach our destination if we are traveling in the wrong direction.” But the post-Christian, even anti-Christian trajectory of our culture does... Jim Denison Jul 19, 2023
• Tears – The Battle Cry of a Dying Nation Don't let your past failures make you think you've caused irreparable damage. Don't lose heart; you will be amazed at what God will do with humility, brokenness, and repentance. You may not be able to... Shane Idleman Jul 18, 2023
• Being Christian in an Age of Heightened Hostility For the sake of our neighbors, all who believe in the importance of truth must continue to say so. John Stonestreet and Timothy D Padgett Jul 18, 2023
• The Urgency and Power of Discernment Yesterday we focused on the battle being waged in our culture against a spiritual enemy who “comes only to steal and kill and destroy” (John 10:10, my emphasis). Today let’s add the fact that winning this... Jim Denison Jul 18, 2023
• How Two SCOTUS Dissents Reveal Worldview Since objective truth doesn’t exist, justice is left to the eye of the beholder. Once, in a presentation to congressional staffers, Justice Sonia Sotomayor was asked about the foundation of justice in our... John Stonestreet and Glenn Sunshine Jul 17, 2023
• What Mission Impossible Teaches Us about the Battle for Our World My wife and I saw Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One over the weekend and I understand why one of its actors called it “the biggest action movie of all time.” Without giving away the plot, I can... Jim Denison Jul 17, 2023