German footballer Felix Nmecha’s public prayer with members of Curaçao’s team drew people’s attention, but there’s a deeper backstory that teaches us important lessons about setbacks, identity, and lasting joy.
You can be in a room full of people and still feel completely alone. Sometimes, even our closest relationships leave us feeling unseen or misunderstood. The Bible helps us understand why that kind of closeness can be so difficult to find and shows us what we can do to build it.
Recently, I had a comment from a listener who said, “If you give the same Bible to two billion people and tell them to interpret it for themselves, won’t they come up with more than two billion interpretations?” They then explained that the Catholic solution to this problem is the Pope. I'd like to consider the problem the listener raises and the solution that he offers.
Many people are anxious about current events. If you’re one of them, these biblical truths about the future may help you reframe how you see the headlines and find peace amid the noise.
From Constantine to modern politics, Christians have wrestled with the relationship between church and state. This article explains the biblical distinction between the two and why the gospel advances through persuasion and spiritual power, not coercion and political force.
Should Christians support laws that make it harder to be Muslim? If you had the political power to outlaw atheism, would you use it? Should religious freedom be a Christian right or a human right? Many people haven’t thought carefully about these questions, but history shows us why we should.
Today, people are quick to criticize the legalistic vision of Sunday that was common in the past but have often failed to replace it with anything else. How should a Christian understand Sunday, and what, if anything, makes it different from every other day?
Every Christian tradition has to address the same question about the Lord’s Supper: what exactly is happening? Understanding the views and the Scriptures that support the various positions can only deepen a person’s experience of the Lord’s Supper. Let’s consider the views of Rome, Zwingli, and Calvin.
Walk into almost any church, and you’ll see much that is familiar. The differences aren’t as obvious, but over time, their impact is unmistakable. While there are a number of priorities that Baptist churches hold in common, two in particular distinguish them from other historic denominations. Understanding what they are and why Baptists hold to them provides a helpful framework for evaluating the church.
When I first trusted in Jesus, I was excited to have found peace with God and the hope of heaven. But that was about all I understood. The more I read the Bible, the more I realized that salvation is far bigger and deeper than I had ever imagined.