Life
Turning suffering into joy
Most people, regardless of their culture or background, agree that human beings ought not to suffer, be excluded, die of injustice. So how do we make sense of these realities?
Are we just physical beings or is there more to us than that?
Scientist and apologist Dr Sharon Dirckx talks to Christian Today about the limits of the popular idea that we are little more than a series of chemical reactions and why the evidence stacks up for a more meaningful explanation.
Evangelicals are knowledgeable about their own religion, less so about other faiths - poll
When trying to answer questions about other world religions (Judaism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism and global religious demography), Christian respondents did not fare as well as Jews, atheists, and agnostics.
A Christian response to compassion fatigue
It's as if a need that demands our response can jump out from behind a corner at any second, asking us to show compassion.
Same ****, different day?
Holidays are great but if day to day life is rubbish, they won't help much, they're just a temporary respite.
The man you're made to be
Say what you like about that old vision of masculinity though, at least it was clear, writes Martin Saunders
Mothers are the drivers of their kids' faith more than fathers - study
Christians in America are more likely to say it was their mother's faith that influenced them rather than their father's, although research has found that grandparents are significant too.
Did I marry the wrong person?
Most people don't have the emotional maturity or awareness to recognize that they contribute to their marital problems just as much as the other person
The fine balance between remembering the past and living in it
As much as I would like to dwell in the good memories from the glory days, I need to accept and embrace the season that I'm in now.
Just when you think you're safe
In a second, you can watch the things you love most go up in smoke. Let that sink in.
Drifting from church
The fact is, we had not been to this particular church for quite a few weeks. After failing to really blend in with the systems of this church, we had just kind of ... fallen away.
Moral science confirms people behave better when they think they're being watched
Even a poster with eyes on it changes how people behave.
Isn't Christianity just a bunch of outdated rules?
The irony is, as limiting as Christianity may sound, I have also found profound freedom
Trusting God when the familiar changes
As a military wife who's always moving, the longing to put down roots and to become "established" overwhelms my heart each time our zip code changes.
The 8 sides of biblical wisdom
We all want to grow in Christ-like qualities. However, there are many opposites and subtle distortions that so easily entangle us.
The passion of Perpetua and Felicity
Jesus Himself warns us that sometimes to follow Him means loving Him more than our families and our lives