Do activists often invest their work with religious significance? All the more reason for Christians to be discerning co-laborers. I love nature documentaries, especially those narrated by David...

The government plans to close its porous border with Myanmar to boost security, separating ethnic groups that straddle the boundary. Ngamreichan Tuithung runs a Christian boarding school that sits...

The rage of the mob is a poor substitute for real community. This piece was adapted from Russell Moore's newsletter. Subscribe here. As Columbia University and other elite campuses erupt into...

The plan would organize UMC churches in four global regions, with each given more leeway around same-sex marriage and other theological issues. The top legislative body of the United Methodist...

The world is realizing anew that our faith has tangible benefits. This is an opportunity for the gospel. As Christianity continues to decline in the West, the broader world has begun to notice...

Beyoncé's right. Whether listening to Cowboy Carter or reading theology, diversity is a good thing. I wasn't planning to listen to Cowboy Carter, the eighth studio album from American singer and...

How the keeper of the beat is adapting to shifts in worship music. It was a church drummer's worst nightmare. In the middle of a service, David Wagner was playing "Heaven Invade" with his worship...

Let us not give up meeting together—even when we disagree. Recently, a woman at my church approached me with a question borne out of genuine curiosity. She asked, "You're a female theologian...

NIL deals in college athletics present new challenges—and opportunities—for colleges and students. When Deverin Muff played Division I college basketball at Eastern Kentucky...

After lobbying from fellow Southern Baptists and Christians affected by the war, the House speaker moves a package forward. When deciding whether to protect his place in leadership as House speaker...

Christians can disciple each other toward action, prayer, and hope. I'm 26 and mostly full of enthusiasm for the future. But when I think about the heat waves, floods, and humanitarian crises that...

C.S. Lewis recommended discernment over diatribes in exactly the moments we're most eager to indulge in critique. I'd just finished reading one of C. S. Lewis's lesser-known books, Studies in Words...

Helping marine biodiversity flourish is a means of participating in God's work, says an Indonesian theologian. Indonesia is the largest archipelagic nation in the world. It's made up of an...

I grew up as a climate change denier. Now I understand we must care for God's creation and people alike. I grew up believing that Earth Day was a liberal holiday. Climate change was a lie, a ploy...

The Grammy-winning artist was found dead at her home in Nashville at age 47. Grammy Award-winning contemporary Christian singer Mandisa Lynn Hundley, a former Lifeway Christian Resources employee...

President William Ruto commissioned church leaders to meet with Haitian law enforcement, military representatives, and a gang leader to discuss Kenya's security mission. Kenya's leaders aren't...

The popular kids' series reminds parents that playfulness is next to godliness. When my oldest daughter, Elaine, was four, I watched her chase a soap bubble around the yard, utterly spellbound, and...

A veteran missiologist shares a lifetime of lessons on bringing the gospel into unfamiliar settings. In an important new book, missiologist Darrell Whiteman tells a revealing story about a...

Series like The Wingfeather Saga bring children along for the adventure of following Jesus. I picked up the first book reluctantly. Was I really going to spend my children's nap time reading...

Studies find that while less than a third of Americans trust church leaders, 90 percent of Filipinos do. While less than a third of Americans rate clergy as highly honest and ethical, across the...

Christian artists work at the intersection of music and climate change. Christians love to sing about creation. Hymns like "How Great Thou Art" describe the beauty of creation that moves the church...

We must always be people of the Word, but we'll have to reimagine deep engagement with Scripture. Christians are readers. We are "people of the book." We own personal Bibles, translated into our...

Church leaders can offer clear moral and ethical guidance for a practice that violates biblical mandates. On April 8, the Vatican issued Dignitas Infinita, a 20-page document rejecting a variety of...

Study: 24 percent of clergy in North Carolina are still opposed to same-sex marriage. After the departure of thousands of traditionalist United Methodist churches from the denomination over the...