By Joey Cochran: “Change” is a frightening word for many people. Unwelcomed change gives an even greater cause for alarm. Unwelcomed change is when change is thrust upon us without our consent. This kind of change can best be described as trial. When we experience unwelcomed change we become even more aware and dependent on...

By M. Hopson Boutot As a happy product of the grace-loving evangelical tradition, I am exceedingly grateful for the deluge of gospel conversation among many Christians today. But, as a sometimes-crotchety old professor once reminded me, people are prone to extremes. What began as a needed corrective to the moralistic Christianity of our forebears could...

By David Schrock How long does it take to lose a proper view of biblical masculinity? Assuming that someone has been exposed to a true vision of manhood, the amount of time depends. For those who have gleaned from Scripture that God made men and women different, it would take some time and convincing.  But...

By: Raymond Johnson I hated it. Everyday she replied with the same three-word answer.  It wasn’t derogatory or offensive, but it bothered me greatly.  I mean really, did she always have to reply with the same phrase? Did she always have to give the same response?  Acting as if I wasn’t really asking a question....

By Matt Capps How God Changed My Heart Toward Adoption When I was younger I never envisioned myself as an adoptive father. Adoption was alien to me as a familial concept, and the reality of orphans was nothing more than an abstract category in my mind. I assume that all men at some point in...

  by Andrew Hebert For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin. Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to...