It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Except when it’s not. Christmas has a way of magnifying life’s joys. We take stock of them and set aside time to enjoy them. Like a magnifying glass, Christmas time not only spotlights what’s already present...
Unless we draw our concepts from Scripture, we risk misunderstanding that the foolishness of God is wiser than human wisdom. Today, wisdom is often seen as algorithms, risk-taking, or YOLO living. But the Bible does not talk about wisdom this way...
The book of Job asks many questions and gives very few answers. It is a passionately and beautifully written testament to suffering, confusion, and pain. In the end, Job does not get the answers he has been seeking, but he receives something else...
As humans living in a fallen world, we are all deeply flawed and inherently sinful. Because of our tendency to deviate from God’s original intention for us, all institutions, including the church, are far from perfect and prone to missteps. These...
To reconcile means to bring back together. But unless we approach it on the Bible's terms, we will fail to account for it in the life of the church. The following provides twelve important truths from the Bible to keep in mind as we engage in the...
To many, an emphasis on liturgy might seem to be more of a liability than a support for ethics. Admittedly, the relationship between liturgy and ethics can easily be framed negatively. Citing passages from the prophets such as Amos 5 or Isaiah 1...
Our Christianity is rooted in our physicality. The first chapters of Genesis describes God creating matter and calling it good, followed by God creating male and female bodies and calling them very good. The incarnation of Jesus adds special dignity...
Christian ethics is the discipline that aids the church in pursuing the example of Christ in wisdom, holiness, and justice as empowered by the Holy Spirit and directed by Scripture. What is Christian ethics? We will answer that by introducing basic...
In Jeremiah, the people of God in exile in Babylon are commanded to pray for the city and to seek the peace and prosperity of the city by building houses, planting gardens, and getting married. The exiles are called to not merely pray for the city...
Many people view work as either a means to success or a necessary burden. But how should Christians think about work theologically? In this episode of Logos Live, Kirk E. Miller talks with Karen Swallow Prior about the theological view of work...
It’s Monday. You wake up to another week. Yesterday was Sunday, but you missed church again for a pressing work project. Maybe on break you caught a recorded sermon, which you now find difficult to remember. At least you got in some football viewing...
It is often assumed that Christianity grew and maturated in the ancient world because the gospel fit its sense of enchantment. So many have proposed that we need to re-enchant that which has been disenchanted. One aspect of enchantment evidently...
Whether you realize it or not, we all have a theology of work. You might think it’s something you’ve never thought about, and maybe you haven’t. But this theology influences many of the decisions we make and can affect the course of our lives...
Prayer by itself has no power whatsoever. It wields no inherent supernatural sway; nor does it involve a formula or ritual which, if done right, guarantees any desired result. Christian prayer is not magic. The measure of prayer’s power, then, is...
The author of Hebrews presents us with vivid imagery of Old Covenant worship in the tabernacle and temple, its priests, and the sacrifices they offered. But what, if anything, does this have to do with my worship as a Christian? Do we still worship...
Did you attend church on Sunday? If so, you’re part of an increasingly rare minority. In fact, fewer people regularly attend church now than at any time in American history. Why is this? What follows is a testimony—a confession—of my five decades...
G. K. Chesterton claimed he never discussed anything except politics and religion stating there was nothing else to discuss. By this, he meant these two topics compass the whole of human activity and thought. I believed that valuing religion and...
Imagine yourself in a courtroom where God himself is the prosecutor. The heavens and earth are called as witnesses, and the lawsuit is against none other than his own people. The charge? Rebellion—despite all the love and care God had shown them...
Editor’s note: The articles in our political theology series are the opinions of the authors, not those of Logos. We are publishing a breadth of voices to reflect varying perspectives within the church. With the upcoming presidential election...
No marriage exists in isolation. Our social context strongly influences how couples approach communication in general, and conflict in particular. If the social surroundings in which a couple find themselves promote virtues like compassion...
We will not leave this earthly life unscathed. The longer we live, the more we will see and experience suffering. Since we will experience grief and will need comfort, we need to think clearly and biblically ahead of time about how to walk through...
As I look back on my life as a Christian who experiences mental illness, I think of passages from these two psalms: One thing have I asked of the Lord;one thing I seek;that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life;To behold the...
Caring for the sick and distressed is a God-given opportunity to show love and good works in God’s presence, by his power, and in collaboration with others. Mutual care was a vital way members of the earliest churches related to one another...
Loneliness is truly an epidemic in our Western culture. Countless people lack any close friends or romantic partners. They join no groups. They go bowling alone. What can churches offer to the lonely? One answer: the practice of public confession...
Charles Spurgeon criticized Robert Hawker's Bible commentary for seeing Jesus in unnecessary places, such as every Psalm, a view widely held in Christian interpretation until John Calvin rooted Psalm interpretation in historical context. There's now...
What do good works have to do with salvation? Absolutely nothing! I would like to contest the notion that Paul contradicts himself when he insists that salvation does not come from works and that we must work out our salvation. We will investigate...
When I was sixteen, a youth ministry challenged me to share my faith with my family and classmates. I had grown up in and out of church and didn’t know much of the Bible beyond the epic Sunday school stories most people with some church background...
The Anglican Church, originating in 16th-century reforms in England, is now a global faith group of over eighty million people. With the Holy Scriptures as its basis, Anglican belief supports a variety of doctrines informed by the three historic...
I have a confession: I’ve been a full-time evangelist for over two decades and I rarely do the job you think I do. In a moment, I’ll tell you more about what I actually do. More importantly, I want you to know what evangelism really is, why it is...
The only way to get think rightly about spiritual warfare is to tie ourselves to what God says in Scripture. So what does the Bible say about spiritual warfare and the demonic realm?
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