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Justin D. DetmersCultureChurch

Swimming in Evangelical Water

Conflating historic Christianity with cultural idiosyncrasies might just be a non-starter for folks who might otherwise be open to the faith. 

Cody BarnhartTheologyChurch

Against Theological Retrieval as Resource Gathering

The church, if it retrieves well, always retrieves against itself.

FormationChurchJohn and Jena StarkeBooks

Sabbath Isn't a Strategy

Weariness and burnout are good reasons to come to the Sabbath. But they shouldn’t be the reasons that keep us there.

CultureChurchSarah Rexford

'What Is the Meaning of Christian In This American Life?'

Stepping out of the modern church taught me more about Jesus than anything I learned inside it.

ChurchFormationJessie Turpin

How Patient Attention Nurtures the Life of the Church

When people grow tired of the rapidly shifting nature of modern culture, weary of not finding happiness in self-satisfaction, they will find the core of their longing fulfilled in the steadfast, though paradoxical, love of Christ.

A. A. KostasFormationChurch

Vaccinated Against God

A weaker, culturally accommodated version of Christian faith can render us immune, as it were, to the life we are called to in Christian discipleship.

Cameron ShafferChurchTheology

The Triumph of Confessionalism in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church

It actually is possible to meld a spirit of charity and irenicism with deep confessionalism.

Erik LundeenTechnologyChurchTheology

The Case Against Video Preaching

God the Son took on flesh and communicated his message face to face.

Eric McLaughlinMusicChurchTheology

"Some Miracles Only Come Slowly": On Andy Squyres's 'Praise Songs'

Why is the glory of God so invisible most of the time?

ChurchBooksAdriel Sanchez

Why We Worship: The Battlefield of Praise

Make no mistake about it—worship is warfare. Not the kind of warfare that puts people in captivity, but the kind of warfare that sets them free.

Daniel KunkelChurch

Father Mychal Judge: Honoring 9/11’s First Officially Recorded Casualty, 25 Years Later

When I see Father Judge dressed in his chaplain’s gear, inside the North Tower, praying without ceasing, I see a pastor with his people, suffering with and for them.

ChurchFormationAlex Fogleman

The Heart of the Catechist

Teaching with joy requires humility, attention, and faithfulness.