The Archive
John EgerChurchEvangelicalism
Too many evangelical churches have prioritized 'growth' over all other concerns, often even without a clear definition of what 'growth' actually is.
David MooreEvangelicalismBook Reviews
David George Moore spoke with Karen Swallow Prior about her recent book on social imaginaries and the often unstated ideas that shape evangelicalism.
Joshua HeavinTheologyChurch
Oliver O'Donovan's reflections on the Thirty-Nine Articles make clear that the Articles still endure even today as a valuable historic confession.
Jake MeadorChurchEvangelicalismBook Reviews
Though there is never a time when personal integrity is irrelevant, there are limits to what integrity alone can do.
Gretchen RonnevikFamilyParenting
Luther's dictum that the entire Christian life is one of repentance applies as much to the challenge of parenting teenagers as it does anything else.
John AhernMusicCulture
A culture that views music only as a thing to be produced by professionals and consumed by an audience will find itself cut off from much of life's beauty.
Jake MeadorChurch
Corruption and abuse have driven many Americans away from church. But these are not the only things driving dechurching or even the most common things.
Jessica MiskellyHistoryLiteratureSexuality
The modern notion of "big romance" is both unrealistic and demeaning to one's partner. Our conception of eros needs to be rescued by agape.
Cameron ShafferBibleTheologyChurch
The church is in decline because it has pastors who may know techniques, but do not know God’s revelation. And now neither does the church.
Mark McDowellChurchHistory/Church History
The Reformation was not purely a movement of theological reform, but was also a movement of moral reform combatting ecclesial abuses.
Jake MeadorFamilyChurchMarriageSexuality
On why we never ask deeper questions and instead mostly yell at heavily bearded conservative men on Twitter for making creepy comments about yoga pants
T. M. SuffieldCultureChurch
A time of social breakdown and decay is a fraught time in which to build new institutions—and yet that is precisely the work such a moment calls for.