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Take your Bible and take your newspaper and read them both. But interpret newspapers from your Bible,” Karl Barth famously advised young theologians.
“The problem with Barth’s quote is not what he meant by it but its relevance for today,” writes Steven Félix-Jäger. “Since we’ve democratized our news outlets, we don’t get much of our news from newspapers anymore. Instea...
Every leader is wired to look toward the horizon. We are taught to cast compelling vision, set ambitious goals, and move our team toward a preferred future. Because we are inherently forward-looking, the hardest space for a pastor to occupy is the waiting room. Yet, prolonged seasons of waiting happen to all of us.
You might be waiting for a breakthrough in your commun...
What if you know all the right spiritual words, but still don’t feel content?”
During an off-air moment in a radio studio, the pastor hosting me as a guest on his Christian talk show asked that question.
Suddenly, the room became quieter — not silent, but the kind of atmosphere where honesty begins entering the conversation. The pastor chuckled nervously, as tho...
Whenever we preach, it’s worth remembering that each listener hears the message through a unique filter and set of circumstances.
One person is navigating unemployment, while another is celebrating a promotion. Just across the aisle from a newly engaged couple, a grieving widow sits alone. A teenager is wrestling with identity questions. Another congregant is secretly...
Byron Johnson and Thomas Kidd take a contrarian stance against “dominant media and scholarly narratives regarding religion” in their new book, The Death of Religion?, published by B&H Academic.
“We present conclusive data to show that religious people are thriving and that practicing religious people are thriving most of all. We further show that at almost...