At a time of the year when Americans lose their collective minds and buy throwaway gifts for senseless reasons, the Scriptures say this: And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he...

Recently, I wrote a post that discussed why the Church in America is not living up to its calling (”Why Christianity Is Failing in America“). Readers asked what I thought we could do to turn tragedy into triumph, so I responded with an overview of...

I almost always post on Monday. I didn’t yesterday because I was thinking more about my post from Friday, “<a title="LInk to post 'Why Christianity Is Failing in America""...

Over at First Things, Jared Wilson posts a passionate call by Ray Ortlund Jr. for a recovery of the Gospel in modern America. It’s a needful call I utterly support. Yet despite the clarion nature of Ortlund’s words, a fundamental problem exists...

I had H1N1 a couple weeks ago, and it seemed to me the best thing to do while hacking up a lung was to read something escapist. You’re less likely to notice the sickness when you’re lost in another world. I’ve been trying to read a wide...