As Christianity Grows in India, Burial Space Shrinks
Tears welled up in Sunitha Rani’s eyes and her voice softened as she recounted the agonizing wait her family had to endure to secure a grave plot for her husband, who died at age 66 last year. Rani and her children wanted to bury John Sukumar in the southern Indian city of Hydera
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A Manifesto for Phone-Free Church
What happens when you pull your phone out during a church service? We may not want to admit it, but I suspect that most of us know the truth: Our thoughts get interrupted, and our attention is divided. We become more attentive to our devices than to the Lord or even the Christian
Develop Healthy Tech Habits with Your Teen
‘Scroll Less, Live More’ helps teens and parents develop the tech skills they need to live a life rooted in reality and steeped in wisdom.
Ministry and Marriage: How to Be a Healthy Team
Marriages with one or both spouses employed in ministry face unique pressures, challenges, and opportunities.
A College-Town Bar as Hushed as a Church
College student Ryan Cass woke up on a college-football Saturday feeling lucky. He put together a 15-part parlay and hoped that every component of the bet would hit. Off he went to the parking lot of Kyle Field. From a Texas A&M tailgate, he watched sections of his parlay play ou
US Adoptive Parents are Stuck Waiting to Bring Children Home
Josh and Katie Derrick are longtime foster parents from Cleveland, Tennessee, who have adopted multiple children domestically. But when family friends adopted from Malawi and they saw images of children there waiting for homes, the Derricks couldn’t stop thinking about it. “It wa
Where to Draw—and Not Draw—the Line in Politics
The Syllabus is a column that features student opinions on timely national and international topics. We aim to highlight how evangelical students in the US are thinking about important issues and how the Christian faith informs their worldview. Students should use this link to su
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Why I Am Still a Christian
This piece was adapted from Russell Moore’s newsletter. Subscribe here. One October night back in the 1980s, an adolescent boy walked down the road outside his home in the Woolmarket community of Biloxi, Mississippi, in anguish. He was facing all the questions anybody his age fac
Set Apart for Church Planting
What was behind Friedrich Pfotenhauer’s missionary zeal and church planting? Faith in Christ and love for his neighbor.
Building a Workplace Where People Flourish (with Landon Hobson)
What happens when a seminary-trained economist takes over a pet-products plant? Landon Hobson, CEO of Cosmos Corporation, shares how paid mission days, a book club, and a ‘make the coffee’ ethic help ordinary workers flourish.
The Missing Piece in John Mark Comer’s Quiet Time
‘Into the Quiet’ effectively critiques the ills of our hectic cultural moment, but it also promotes a spirituality that could quickly become disconnected from Scripture.
What Does It Mean to Be Human?: 12 Theses Answer a Pressing Question
Learning about a Christian theological anthropology is no mere academic exercise. It gets to the heart of who we are, explains our daily experience, and pushes us toward the love of neighbor and the common good.
Christian Pilot Who Prayed Lord’s Prayer Before Fatal Florida Plane Crash Remembered for Powerful Faith
The heartbreaking final moments of a Florida plane crash that claimed nine lives have taken on an even deeper significance as new details emerge about the Christian pilot who reportedly turned to prayer before the aircraft plunged to the ground. Capt. Jeff Gregory, 55, was a devo
Ligonier’s New AI Tool Has a Boundary: It Cannot Replace Your Pastor
Artificial intelligence can generate an answer to a Bible question in seconds. Ligonier Ministries wants its new app to recognize when it needs to stop answering. As AI tools move into increasingly personal conversations, the ministry’s president and CEO, Chris Larson, is calling
Your Church May Know Less Bible Than You Think (And What to Do About It)
A new survey indicates Christians have succumbed to the general literacy crisis of the culture. The ‘people of the Book’ don’t read it.
