by Zach Dawes Jr | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion
The number of “interfaith” households in the U.S. is growing, according to a recent Pew Research Center report. The title, “One-in-Five U.S. Adults Were Raised in Interfaith Homes,” piqued my interest. In a strong majority (79 percent) of U.S....
by Dennis Bickers | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion
Rick Warren recently described how Saddleback Church has changed its outreach and evangelism strategies over the years. When he first graduated from seminary, computers were large, slow machines used by very few people. The Internet was in its infancy, and no one had...
by Robert Parham | Nov 4, 2016 | Opinion
Martin Luther tacked his 95 theses to the door of the Wittenberg’s Castle Church on Oct. 31, 1517. That bold declaration triggered the second major split within Christianity. The first came when the Catholic Church and Orthodox Church parted company in the great...
by Craig Bird | Nov 3, 2016 | Opinion
September 1983. Franklin, Tennessee. One of our best soccer players runs toward me, tears streaming down his 7-year-old face. Because he’d just accidently kicked the ball into our net and scored for the other team, I thought I knew why he was upset. Not so....
by Mike Kuhn | Nov 2, 2016 | Opinion
A commodity is something that is bought and sold. Mission is the loving and joyful response of Christ’s followers to disciple the nations, holding forth Jesus’ life and teaching among all the peoples of the world. In theory, the two appear to be very...
by Jim Kelsey | Nov 2, 2016 | Opinion
She said she wanted to be a missionary. When asked how she wanted to serve, she replied, “I just want to love the world” – an undoubtedly admirable but somewhat ill-defined sentiment. My then-missionary wife counseled that she narrow and clarify her...
