Paralyzed or Mobilized?
In this cultural moment, it is natural for us to be paralyzed with uncertainty. Yet the Bible shows us a better way forward.
Christian Ray Flores
Christian Ray Flores
This Is the Weekend to Get Right with God
Several years ago, I was in the middle of preaching a sermon, and halfway through the sermon, I noticed that there was a guy who walked in midway through and sat down in the back. I couldn’t help but notice him because he was a big guy. He was a Samoan man, bald head, two...
Aaron Brockett
This Easter Reminds Me of Another Easter
We’ve never experienced an Easter like this one, have we? Actually, the church has. Think back to the very first Easter. The disciples did not start the day belting out Sandi Patty’s “Was It a Morning like This?” Rather, they started out the day in the same mood they were in the previous day, Saturday....
Help! I’m Stuck at Home Teaching My Kids!
I have friends who, like my husband and I, prayed for God’s direction for their child’s education. Some of them enrolled their children in public school, some in private school, and some, like us, homeschooled. It goes without saying (and yet I’ll say it): God places His people in all kinds of places to be...
Renée Sproles
How Confident Can We Be of Jesus’ Resurrection?
How can we be confident that Jesus rose from the dead? Let us briefly identify four key historical facts that most scholars (whether liberal or conservative) accept about Jesus and then make the case that the best way to account for those facts is that God raised Jesus from the dead. The first point is that Jesus was...
Zach Breitenbach
Palms & Ashes: What a Time for a Holy Week
It’s Holy Week 2020, and I think we can all agree this has been an especially Lenty season of Lent. When I was a kid growing up in my big, Catholic family, Lent was something that set us apart. It began with having to explain to my friends why I had a black smear of...
Bonnie Blaylock
Walking through a Psalm of Resurrection
Psalm 30 was written by David and it recounts a dramatic reversal in his life. He had apparently had some kind of near-death experience, and God miraculously healed him. He was brought back from the brink of death, and he wrote the psalm as a personal testimony that would later be used publicly at the...
Matt Stafford
Rhett, Link, & Kingdom Building
(This is the final article in this series. Here’s Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5.) As I’ve studied Rhett and Link’s spiritual deconstruction, one particular point of irony has become apparent: Cru placed Rhett and Link on the path to fame and success. It was during Rhett and Link’s involvement with...
Luke Gray
Through the Eyes of the Egyptian Mother
After enduring a year of unimaginable, relentless plagues, in the middle of the night, her precious son—her firstborn—fell dead before her eyes. She collapsed next to him, held his limp body in her arms, and wailed unconsolably. Her heart wrenched in utter devastation, anguish, rage, and confusion. Some said they suffered these plagues over an...
Taffeta Chime
The Problem of Sin and Rhett & Link’s Deconversion
(Here’s Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, & Part 4 in this series.) Given that I spent a large chunk of the last post talking about my own personal failings, this is a perfect time to talk about sin. At its core, sin is simply choosing our way instead of God’s way. Because God is the Creator,...
Luke Gray
Top 10 Best Practices of Healthy Churches During the Virus
At Lipscomb University where I work as vice president for church services, we are checking in with hundreds of churches, church leaders, community leaders and medical professionals. As we try to harmonize all the helpful advice and resources and make them available to you, here is our Top Ten Best Practices of Healthy Churches: 1....
Scott Sager
Confronting Coronavirus with a Dozen Contradictory Emotions
It’s not surprising that our nation doesn’t know quite what to think about the pandemic that is upon us. There are as many variables as you’ll find on a typical March Madness bracket. There’s the matchup between Fox and CNN. Numerous stats and graphs are competing for attention. Should we, for example, pay more attention...
Daniel McCoy
Discipling Busy People Online (and More), Part 2
For Part 1, click here. This all leads me to the last point… 3. Third, I learned that this kind of group can be really effective and successful. Here is what we experienced: Everyone was faithful to a one-hour weekly meeting. Everyone joined together at the weekly Zoom meeting—it was rare that anyone missed—because they...
Bobby Harrington
Rhett, Link, & the Danger of Duplicitous Faith
(Here’s Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 in this series.) While both Rhett and Link’s stories emanate a duplicitous dual existence, Link’s story highlights the dissonance. These were men who grew up in the church, were involved in Cru throughout college, and eventually raised funds so that they could become campus missionaries—a journey that parallels...
Luke Gray
A Call to Pastors: Don’t Run
In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and its continued spread in the United States, the debate is raging about which is going to end up being worse: the death toll from the virus or the economic repercussions from rising unemployment and social distancing practices. It is in this context that I want to call...
Jon Sherwood
Frontlines of Coronavirus
*Editor’s Note: Savannah Cunningham is a student pharmacist at Mercer University in Atlanta, GA, and holds several regional and national leadership positions. The COVID-19 (Coronavirus) pandemic we are currently fighting across the world shines a new light on the healthcare field. It is a huge responsibility to be on the frontlines fighting a disease that...
Savannah Cunningham