Opinion

• What the Taliban Takeover Means for Believers in Afghanistan Yesterday, I spoke at length with World Magazine Senior Editor Mindy Belz, who explained what is happening in Afghanistan. As part of the interview, she described what the Taliban takeover means for the Christian church in... Dec 29, 2021

  

  What the Taliban Takeover Means for Believers in Afghanistan
• 3 Resolutions to End This Year and Begin the Next Years ago, a dear friend quoted Jesus’ call to give others “a cup of water in my name” (Mark 9:41 NIV) and remarked that we often focus on the water or the name, but seldom both. How can we do both? Let’s consider three... Dec 29, 2021

  

  3 Resolutions to End This Year and Begin the Next
• Why Wokeness Is a Christian Heresy | 2021 Year in Review Christians and Jews believed that all persons were made in the image of God. Thus, every person had intrinsic worth and dignity, no matter their race, ethnicity, gender, or strength. On this basis, oppression of the poor and... Dec 28, 2021

  

  Why Wokeness Is a Christian Heresy | 2021 Year in Review
• The Danger of Tolerance Our culture’s insistence on tolerance of all people and their sexual “rights” has become all-consuming. For anyone to suggest that some of these “rights” are immoral is to be homophobic. The claim that Christ is the only way to... Dec 28, 2021

  The Danger of Tolerance
• The Conservative Movement Faces a Critical Decision Even though progressivism has taken hold in most of America’s institutions, it remains extremely unpopular with most people. Conservatives have an excellent opportunity to make gains in the next few years and advance serious... Dec 23, 2021

  The Conservative Movement Faces a Critical Decision
• A Christmas Song for the Persecuted and Suffering around the World This year, as we recognize the need for a savior for our world that is rife with hardship, let us raise our voices in faith. Jesus, the son of God and born to Mary, now lives in the hearts of hundreds of millions of people. Let... Dec 23, 2021

  A Christmas Song for the Persecuted and Suffering around the World
• The Rich Theology of Christmas Carols Each year, many of the most popular Christmas Carols remind us that God did not leave us in our broken state, but came and lived among us so that He might die for us. We have in these songs the whole gospel of God. Dec 23, 2021

  The Rich Theology of Christmas Carols
• The Remedy for 'Covid Anxiety' and the Tiny Hand of Christmas We can reach upward and inward to the God who reached downward to us. We can find in Immanuel the help and hope we need to face an ongoing pandemic and uncertain future. But as with all other Christmas gifts, this one must be... Dec 23, 2021

  The Remedy for 'Covid Anxiety' and the Tiny Hand of Christmas
• Facing an Impossible Christmas This Christmas, let God speak to you out of His Word with a promise. When he does, believe it. Then trust God's timing. Remember the Holy Spirit is always at work. Dec 22, 2021

  Facing an Impossible Christmas
• The 'End' of Our Lives: Loving and Caring for Others Families and communities are real work and, through them, God works on us, in us, and through us. What if the ordinary tasks of life together are the front lines of the kingdom of God? What if it’s in the context of our daily... Dec 22, 2021

  The 'End' of Our Lives: Loving and Caring for Others