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John EgerChurchEvangelicalism

When Growth Eats Itself

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

Karen Swallow Prior on the Evangelical Imagination

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

The Thirty-Nine Articles in the Life of the Anglican Church

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

What Integrity Can't Do

Though there is never a time when personal integrity is irrelevant, there are limits to what integrity alone can do.

Gretchen RonnevikFamilyParenting

Repentance and the Life of Christian Parents

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

Musical Localism and the Rebirth of Culture

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

The Slow Exit

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

Unreachable Rapture: Rescuing Romance

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

Renewing Public Protestantism: Seminaries

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

What the Reformation Teaches About How to Address Ecclesial Abuses

The Reformation was not purely a movement of theological reform, but was also a movement of moral reform combatting ecclesial abuses.

Jake MeadorFamilyChurchMarriageSexuality

Inane Evangelical Gender Debates, Briefly Summarized

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

It's Time to Build Counter-Institutions

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.