The Crisis in Afghanistan and Human’s Capacity for Evil
The American withdrawal from Afghanistan is forcing us to consider, again, humanity’s incredible capacity for perpetuating evil. President Biden’s rationalizations cannot hide the many painful ...
Why The Greatest Gift The Church Can Give Us Right Now Is Forgiveness
The term cancel culture evokes images of screaming undergrads, deplatformed speakers, fired employees, and demanding protesters. However, the cancel culture ethic doesn’t simply exist “out ...
“Peace and Security” for the Ancient Church in Iraq?
A recent four-day visit by Pope Francis to Iraq was bound to attract attention, given that he is the Pope and Iraq is, well, Iraq. ...
Persecution and Failed States Go Hand in Hand
In just the last few weeks, two mass kidnappings took place, both at schools in northwestern Nigeria. In the first, “unidentified gunmen” attacked a boarding ...
Critical Race Theory and a Christian Worldview
Francis Schaeffer described how ideas escape the ivory towers of universities and think tanks eventually to shape how ordinary people think, speak, and view their ...
Why Defining Justice is Necessary for Doing Justice
One of the more memorable lines written by C. S. Lewis has to do with whether or not a sense of morality is innate to ...
Proverbs: The Wisdom We Need Right Now (and Always)
The more 2021 resembles 2020, the more Christians should be grounded in those unchanging truths given us in Scripture. We must rest on those revelations ...
Election Results and Jesus’ Prayer for Unity
This may or may not have been, as many pundits claimed, the “most important election of our lifetimes,” but it certainly has been the most ...
This Isn’t A “Lost Year”
Buzzfeed News is running a series of feature stories this month called “The Lost Year,” featuring profiles of how six people, of different ages and ...
Is Christian Unity Possible With So Much Disagreement?
Last week, a listener who follows a lot of Christian podcasts, including BreakPoint, wrote us with the following question, troubled by the conflicting opinions among ...
The Post-Pandemic Church
Restaurants, theaters, sports teams, and theme parks are scrambling to figure out if and how they can get people back to business. At the same ...
What Should You Be Focused On During A Crisis?
Focus is essential in times of crisis. I met with an executive coach and asked one question, “What should I, as a ministry CEO, be ...