The conflict between good and evil is at the heart of all great stories, and the best ones offer thoughtful insights into this conflict. Is it possible that we might be able to learn something about good and evil from a fantasy story such as The Lord of the Rings? It is quite possible indeed. Read More
Preparing To Lead The Post-COVID Church
In this post, I want to talk about leadership in this transition period and in the post-coronavirus era to come Read More
Porn—Even in the Name of ‘Art’—Perpetuates Abuse
In the outrage following the controversial new Netflix drama Cuties, I’ve been haunted by memories. They say “old sins cast long shadows,” but I feel as if they have ghosts. I see my childhood self in those little girls. I see so many girls I never knew but whom I witnessed being abused. I don’t know their names. I don’t know where they live. I don’t know if they’re still alive. But I can still see their faces. Read More
Lockdown 'Sexting' Blackmail Concerns for Young People Sharing Images
"He's threatened to share those pictures with my friends unless I send him more." Mia, 13, was duped into sending sexual photographs to someone she met online, who she has now found out is an adult posing as someone else. Charities including the NSPCC and Meic - a helpline for younger people in Wales - are concerned more young people are sharing naked images of themselves. They both said staff have seen an increase since lockdown. Read More
There is a good chance that many of these photographs will end up on a porn site or be shared with people with whom the youngster who took them had no intention of sharing them.Survey Reveals Many Evangelicals Hold Unbiblical Beliefs
A new survey reveals the theological beliefs of Americans about God, sin, salvation, heaven and hell, the church, and the Bible. And the results for evangelicals aren’t encouraging. Read More
Reflections on an Evangelical Becoming a Papist
The word “papist” has a distinctly “anti-Catholic” ring to it, and if you are immediately turned off from reading the rest of this article because of that word in the title—well, I apologize. But I chose that word “papist” to make it clear that the issue is not evangelicals becoming catholics. Evangelicals already are catholics; they are not Roman Catholics, and they are not papists. But terminological clarity aside, the news that one (now former) evangelical journalist has decided to become a Roman Catholic has caused me to reflect, and to put some of those reflections in writing. Read More
Evangelicals Becoming Catholics: Former CT Editor Mark Galli
Why do evangelicals convert to Catholicism and how should we respond? Read More
Three Challenges in Bible Reading
The church’s own practices, and by this I mean what we learn in sermons and conversations and things we read, of Bible reading can become obstacles. Anyone who teaches Bible as I have for nearly forty years encounters these obstacles in the questions of students as well as in their answers. Read More
The word “papist” has a distinctly “anti-Catholic” ring to it, and if you are immediately turned off from reading the rest of this article because of that word in the title—well, I apologize. But I chose that word “papist” to make it clear that the issue is not evangelicals becoming catholics. Evangelicals already are catholics; they are not Roman Catholics, and they are not papists. But terminological clarity aside, the news that one (now former) evangelical journalist has decided to become a Roman Catholic has caused me to reflect, and to put some of those reflections in writing. Read More
Evangelicals Becoming Catholics: Former CT Editor Mark Galli
Why do evangelicals convert to Catholicism and how should we respond? Read More
Three Challenges in Bible Reading
The church’s own practices, and by this I mean what we learn in sermons and conversations and things we read, of Bible reading can become obstacles. Anyone who teaches Bible as I have for nearly forty years encounters these obstacles in the questions of students as well as in their answers. Read More
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