Christians have long been called to be gospel people. Jesus launched his ministry by quoting a prophecy from Isaiah: “The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, to proclaim the year...

Whenever we are presented with a challenging idea, we must choose how we respond. In other words, we must understand how we disagree. Beginning in antiquity and progressing to the classical era, courage has been thought of as a virtue—and it should be. C.S. Lewis describes courage as the virtue necessary...

This Easter, Katy Perry and Justin Bieber used their social media as platforms for expressing their spirituality. On her Instagram, Perry posted a picture of her wrist, tattooed with the word “Jesus” and captioned with: “My brokenness + God’s divinity = my wholeness” In one of his...

EDITOR’S NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS A WORK OF SATIRE. With great trolling comes great responsibility. So, for the sake of Christian charity, here are the five principles to win a debate every time. 1. LEADING QUESTIONS The first principle is “Ask leading questions.” For example, you could ask,...

If you have visited the Museum of Modern Art in New York City or walked through The Getty Center in Los Angeles, you will undoubtedly remember the peculiarity of their paintings. You may find a Salvador Dali or a van Gogh, and you may find the artist peculiar, as perhaps you may find the word...

After his wife’s death, C.S. Lewis stumbled through grief and sorrow. Why is God so present in our joys, yet so absent in our pain? When we run to God with gratitude and praise, we are received with open arms. But run to him in desperation and we are met with a door to the face—the sound of locking...

Throughout the Lenten season, many Christians wrestle with the idea of sacrifice. Some may choose to give something up for the 40-day season in order to “suffer as Christ suffered,” while others may engage in self-denial and prayer to deepen their faith. Like many other Christians, a French police...

Still. Silent. And seemingly abandoned. I peered out the window of our massive tour bus driving on the streets of Jerusalem during my recent trip to Israel. Not a soul could be spotted on the vacant streets of the city, and only one other lone car accompanied us on the winding highways leading into...

The term “compassion fatigue”—used by journalists to describe the public’s gradual desensitization and apathy to news of war in the electronic age can also be used to describe the behavior people exhibit when they hear another news story about the latest online privacy violation. Most social...

Very few issues make their rounds through the American press, and the nature of social media platforms allows the topic of gun violence and school shootings to circulate even quicker.  Politically charged YouTube videos, angry tweets and a noisy panoply of soundbites have done nothing but exacerbate...

“Fasting,” writes Gary Rohrmayer “is more about longing for the power and presence of Jesus than restricting our appetites.” This year for Lent I decided to fast from coffee. The motivation behind this was not my mass consumption of it—although I do drink a lot of coffee. I fasted from coffee...