By Michael Kelley Christians are meant to live with a sense of urgency. Urgency is not panic; it’s not anxiety; it’s not acting before we think; but it is a sense of insistence that requires steady, and often swift, action. Why is that? The answer, of course, is simple – it’s because the message of …
I’m not scared that non-believers will make me feel like an outcast. I’m scared that Christians will.
The historical Christian positions on social issues don’t match up with contemporary political alignments.
The only way to have joy is to say a full “Yes” to God. Which means saying “No” to the world.
“I just don’t feel like people take me seriously.”<br>I’ve heard this statement a lot lately. Recently, I was talking with a friend who is burnt out and just plain tired of church. She said, “I’m done trying to get people to take me and my faith seriously.”<br>I kind of don’t blame her. Our church cultu
“Christians should get as good a grasp on questions about transgender, whether or not we have transgender friends,” says theologian and ethicist Rob Smith. “Because when a person hurts themselves, it hurts others.”
Discover 4 things Scripture reveals about what the word of God means. If you think it means the Bible, it’s a great start, but there’s more.
When you start the journey, it is not uncommon to have no idea about what your internal senses are telling you. If you have never looked for the Voice of God from within or from without, you might not know what to look for...
Take a look at four of the basics of Christianity.
Christianity wouldn't have its framework without these essential doctrines.
A new focus on the family is changing how Christians care for abandoned and neglected children.
Because it doesn't stay confined to Christian spaces.
"The following are 11 signs of an emotionally mature Christian."
Do you really need to belong to a church to be a Christian?<br>--Ignite Your Faith
To see our faith as a calling is to recognize that, whoever we are, we have only just begun to live out our discipleship.
Local communities alone can't handle child care under capitalism.
The first question I asked myself when I realized I like guys is one that we still get regularly at Queer Theology: Is it OK to be gay, bisexual, or transgender and Christian? Like, really? Have you asked yourself that question? What steps did you take to find the answer? If you’re like me, you ma
“I Love Jesus but not so much the church”? We’ve heard it said before: You can’t both love Jesus and not like the church. Admittedly, I even echoed similar sentiments using the analogy of one’s best friend marrying someone you don’t like; going on to say, because of this, the friendship probably wouldn’t work once …
Most people would agree that no one is perfect, and everyone messes up, so we all need to be forgiven.
What if being a parent has more to do with us and our relationship with God, than somehow applying a Christian formula to our children and having them turn out evangelical?