Mention the word "predestination" among Christians and you're likely to get strong, diverse responses. For some in the Calvinist/Reformed tradition, you'll get a cheer, because predestination is...
This content is part of the Ruth and Parables curriculum, an 11-week integrated sermon and small group series on faith and work...
I have a dear friend I see once a year. Every time we get together, she talks excitedly about how she and...
Insider trading scandals and inflated stockholder reports were the news several years ago. Those actions were typical of the lapses in integrity that have contributed to the problems we now face in...
In last Wednesday’s reflection, I focused on 1 Corinthians 1:2, where Scripture reveals that all of us have been called by God...
On Mondays in March we're discussing David Platt's new book Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live. This is...
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When we refer to someone as a Pollyanna, we don’t usually mean it as a compliment. Pollyanna-ish people always look on the bright side, so much so that they seem to ignore genuine...
Sustainability recognizes which things will become useless in the future.
Genesis records two incidents in which Abraham misrepresented the identity of his wife, Sarah, claiming that she was his sister (Gen. 12:10-20; 20:1-18). This half-truth was a result of Abraham's...
About a year ago, I got enmeshed in the controversy over the alleged "Jesus Family Tomb." This occupied the world's attention for about five minutes back in February 2008, when the Discovery...
Like Jesus himself, we are to be in the world, engaged with its people, institutions, and cultures.
Will Messenger is an Episcopal Priest in Boston with an MBA in marketing from Harvard Business School...
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind is part of ourselves; we must die...
It was the year that I gave up coffee for Lent. I was working as our church’s Director of Children’s Ministries and the kids and I were discussing what it means to fast--should...
When I was young, I loved superheroes. (Okay, I still do. I'll admit it.) I would sit entranced in front of my family's black and white Motorola television, watching the Adventures of Superman,...
Your unfailing love, O LORD, is as vast as the heavens; your faithfulness reaches beyond the clouds. Your righteousness is like the...
People don’t believe it when an evangelical leader says, “My faith gives me a sense of meaning...
On September 29 a feature-length film called Facing the Giants will open in 86 markets and 400 theaters across the United States...
What do we do when we find ourselves working in an institution that has slid down into a culture of questionable ethics?
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