By Elyze Fitzpatrick and  Jessica Thompson Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from the Advent devotional by Elyse Fitzpatrick and Jessica Thompson. Every Monday that leads up to Christmas we will be posting an excerpt from this encouraging devotional. If you would like to purchase one for your family, you can do so...

By Greg Gibson The opposite of a gospel-centered husband, I think, is a comfortable husband. The adjectives gospel-centered and comfortable don’t really fit together in a gospel-centered home.[1]  What is more, a comfortable husband might be simply okay with the current status of his home; he might be prone to a posture of passiveness; he...

by Steve Watters Christmas songs have a way of collecting memories over the years. Held in the vault for all but a limited time of the year, they tend to accumulate memories for better or worse. The first time I noticed this was with the song “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.” That’s the song...

What is feminism? The answer is not as simple as we might hope. Feminism consists of many streams and traditions. In fact, it might be more appropriate to speak of feminisms. How do we sort through the complexities? Margaret Köstenberger’s Jesus and the Feminists: Who Do They Say That He Is? helps readers sort through...

  By Luma Simms Not long ago I asked the ladies in bible study if they could tell me why it’s important for them to know the attributes of God. While making my way through the list of attributes from Tozer’s The Knowledge of the Holy, I gave the example of immutability. “Why do you...

The Story: “When God isn’t on the Guest List” by Emanuella Grinberg writing for cnn.com The Lead: As secularism continues to rise in the United States, more couples like the Longs are deviating from a traditional wedding blueprint that includes prayers, blessings and biblical passages. “A secular wedding can be exactly like a religious wedding with two...