What price (if any) are we willing to pay to do it? Do we genuinely want to be thought of as countercultural activists...but only if we don't have to leave our couch?
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The Sound of Silence: Reclaiming your right to be quiet.
…Underneath all these often-very-noisy voices is a still, small voice that says, "You are my Beloved...My favor rests on you." That's the voice we need most of all to hear.
The Thrill is Gone: Sean McDowell on happiness vs. blessedness.
"The paradox of happiness is that if we seek it, we won’t find it…"
Learning to Cry: Surviving and learning from grief.
Most of us don't get taught how to grieve. Maybe it's not something that can be taught; maybe it's something you have to go through to really get. But hearing someone else's story can go a long way.
True Love...Dates? Why dating at a Christian college is so weird (Pt. 2).
Before I try to figure if the other person is right for me, maybe I should ask myself, "Am I engaging in healthy relationships? Am I a healthy person? Do I have a healthy relationship with God?”
True Love...Dates? Why dating at a Christian college is so weird (Pt. 1).
In a culture that condones and even encourages the hookup, why is dating for Christians such a taboo subject?
Fred Sanders on The Trinity and "The Shack": Does it matter what we believe (as long as we're sincere)?
The Shack was one of the best-selling novels of 2008, and has recently been released as a motion picture. Does it tell a story worth hearing?
Social Justice: Either/Or or Both/And?
“…whether they will finally be lost or saved, you are expressly commanded to feed the hungry, and clothe the naked. If you can, and do not, then whatever becomes of them, you shall go away into everlasting fire.”
Who Is This God, Anyway?
“It does not really matter how intellectually or doctrinally sophisticated our approach is. If it fails to set a lovable God—a radiant, happy, friendly, accessible, and totally competent being—before ordinary people, we have gone wrong…”