by Matt Sapp | Dec 24, 2013 | Opinion
Research suggests that trust in the church is rapidly declining, and that millennials – roughly those in their 20s and early 30s – have trouble connecting to church today. They don’t feel free to ask real questions and express real doubt in our faith...
by Chuck Queen | Dec 24, 2013 | Opinion
In the familiar Christmas story in Luke’s Gospel, the angels announce to the shepherds: “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men” (Luke 2:14). In a world of constant rivalry and competition, where the win-at-any-cost...
by Joe LaGuardia | Dec 23, 2013 | Opinion
Protestants emphasize the priesthood of all believers, the notion that we are all called to be a “royal priesthood” (1 Peter 2:9), but do we practice being “priests” in our daily lives? When it comes to priests in God’s kingdom, perhaps...
by Robert Parham | Dec 23, 2013 | Opinion
An atheist group put up a billboard near Philadelphia with the message “Keep Saturn in Saturnalia.” It was their anemic attempt to fuel the “war on Christmas” by countering a billboard sponsored by the Knights of Columbus, which read...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Dec 20, 2013 | Opinion
After living in North Carolina for 34 years, I finally got around to visiting the Biltmore House, famously known as America’s largest private home. At 250 rooms and almost 180,000 square feet, the French Renaissance structure has few competitors. I confess to...
by Seth Vopat | Dec 20, 2013 | Opinion
Like many, I find Rachel Held Evans to be a thought-provoking writer. I recently came across a post on her blog titled “It’s a Miracle Any of Us Survived Youth Group.” It was a Twitter compendium of games played in youth groups, which highlighted...
