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As an Australian, I’m all too familiar with the terrible conditions of drought. When the creeks and rivers run dry and the land burns beneath the blazing sun, the result is devastating. As farmers will tell you, it’s hard to produce a fruitful...
If we want students to care about evangelism, we need to stop training them like cold-callers and start forming them like everyday apprentices of Jesus. Evangelism doesn’t start with a script. It starts with compassion, with listening, with...
When I imagine the classroom of my dreams, I picture me seeding a free-flowing discussion with my well-crafted discussion questions and the occasional gem of theological wisdom. My students are all leaning forward in their seats, and I can see the...
Is wisdom literature a sound category—or a misleading one? This Screwtape letter illustrates how the label might prove unhelpful.
Several years ago, a pastor friend became convinced that, when leading the Supper, he should fence the Table, which refers to the practice of saying who should and should not receive communion. I offer the vignette to raise the question of spiritual...
For many, college is an opportunity to learn how to be a responsible and independent adult, often while living away from family for the first time. During these years, students face more choices than they might have experienced before, and the...
The Christian worldview is a crucial—but also flawed—concept. It appears frequently in Christian apologetics and discussions of Christian ethics. It holds a central place in how many Christians approach education. The idea of a Christian worldview...
Physician-assisted death is a profoundly weighty matter, for it raises timeless questions about the meaning and value of our lives, the problem of suffering, and the possibility and nature of human existence beyond the grave. At bottom, the question...
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...
One of the best known and most comforting statements of Jesus is also one of his most enigmatic. What is it that Jesus holds out? Why do people need to receive what he offers? What incentives does he give to us to receive it?
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