Michael Craven
S. Michael Craven is the President of H.I.S. BridgeBuilders and the author of Uncompromised Faith: Overcoming Our Culturalized Christianity (Navpress, 2009).
H.I.S. BridgeBuilders is an urban missionary ministry that works to bring the redemptive power of God’s kingdom to bear upon the poverty-ravaged areas of our city, restoring people, families, and communities through spiritual, educational and economic development to the glory of God. To learn more, visit: www.hisbridgebuilders.org
Center for Christ & Culture
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To Which Voice Are You Listening? – Part II
One of the ways we can determine whether or not we are listening to the voice of God versus that other voice is to examine the four foundational relationships in our lives that the gospel is...Monday, November 19, 2012
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To Which Voice Are You Listening?
What we often perceive as the biblical way is often nothing more than the worldly way dressed up in piety and justified by familiarity and personal experience.Monday, November 12, 2012
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The Latest Pew Survey: Christianity Losing, Secularism Winning
This is clearly the implication of the media reports following the latest Pew Research, “Nones on the Rise,” which shows a “steep decline” in the number of Protestants. Trying to spin this in such...Monday, October 15, 2012
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Have Christians Assumed a 'Slacktivist' Approach to Their Faith?
Slacktivism, a term coined in the mid-1990s, refers to the increasingly popular phenomenon of casual activism.Sunday, April 22, 2012
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The Glorious Power of the Resurrection
As we begin this Holy Week there is no other issue, no other thought more demanding of our attention than that of the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.Wednesday, March 21, 2012
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A Father's Struggle with Sending a Son to War
This past week, I sent my 20-year-old son to war. As a father, how do I reconcile teaching my son to serve others when doing so is dangerous?Monday, March 19, 2012
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Obamacare and the Catholic Church: It Isn't about Birth Control!
This government’s recent volley across the bow of religious freedom is nothing less than a direct assault on individual freedom of conscience.Monday, February 13, 2012
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Reevangelizing the Church: What is the Gospel?
Now that we are standing at the crossroads of the church's departure from the truth, we can look to the ancient paths: the Scriptures.Thursday, February 2, 2012
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Opiate of the Masses?
Opponents of religion think that religious faith persists by means of a stubborn, unenlightened, and uneducated lower class. But what do recent studies show?Monday, January 23, 2012
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Thanksgiving: A National Tradition
As we, once again, approach this national day of thanksgiving, I thought it necessary to reflect upon our nation’s long history of acknowledging and giving thanks to Almighty God.Monday, November 21, 2011
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Thanksgiving and National Repentance
We'd be well served to recall the proclamations of great men set aside for this holiday.Wednesday, November 2, 2011
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Thinking Christianly About Economics
Your immediate response may be, “What does Christianity have to do with economics?” In response, I would say: Everything, if you think of economics as the system and means of production and...Monday, October 31, 2011
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The Church in Post-Christendom (Part 3): Recovering the Mission of the Church
If the ecclesiocentric view of the church’s mission tends to focus on the building and maintenance of the institutional church (a place of like-minded believers), then a proper theocentric view...Wednesday, September 21, 2011
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The Church in Post-Christendom (Part 2): Understanding the 'Good News'
What exactly is the church’s mission? In order to answer this question, we must first accurately define the gospel.Monday, September 12, 2011
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The Church in a Post-Christian Culture
When we speak of post-Christian, we are making the point that the church no longer occupies a central place of social and cultural hegemony. This represents a monumental shift in the cultural...Tuesday, September 6, 2011
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The Church's Moment in the Unraveling of the West
I do not think it too strong or sensational to say that we are witnessing the collapse of Western civilization. Across the Western world, the fruits of apostasy and secularism are manifesting...Monday, August 15, 2011
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What Happened to Making Disciples?
Throughout the first decade of the new millennium, multiple studies—revealing a crisis among youth in the church—seemed to appear almost every year and now in 2011, the research still shows no...Monday, August 1, 2011
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Why Should We Redeem Society?
It seems necessary to address why and even if Christians should be involved in redeeming society and culture. There are many who deride such activity as being a diversion from the “real” work of...Monday, July 18, 2011