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Simple Islamic Homemaking Practices to Purify Your Home and Heart

Why Do We Link a Clean Heart to a Clean Home? There is a unique sense of peace in stepping into a home that smells fresh, looks organized, and feels serene. Yet, in Islam, cleanliness is not just...

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Escape the Little Hell of Porn

Log in, click, click, click . . . indulge, delete history, pretend it didn’t happen, burn with shame, promise never again, punish yourself, feel tempted again, despair . . . log in, click, click, c...

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Why Are Women Leaving the Church? Learning from Jen Hatmaker’s Deconversion

Whether or not you’re familiar with Jen Hatmaker, you need to know her story. She rose to Christian celebrity in the early 2000s; her witty, conversational writing on Christian living resonated wi...

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Confessions of a Former Social-Mediaholic

My name is Tanner, I’m 26 years old, and I’m a former social-mediaholic. I’ve been sober now for nearly six years, and I’m not turning back. My story isn’t radical. I got my first smartphone in mi...

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Your Kids’ Heroes Don’t Have to Be Perfect

From the moment I was born, my parents began instilling the lesson that I can look up to people who are different from me. Though Christa McAuliffe’s Roman Catholic beliefs differed from my parent’...

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Whatever Became of Original Sin?

A recent survey, The State of Theology, revealed that 64 percent of American evangelicals believe “everyone is born innocent in the eyes of God,” and 53 percent believe “everyone sins a little, but...

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With Autism, Don’t Focus on Causes but on God’s Purpose

With new warnings from government officials and the FDA’s approval of new treatments, autism has roared back into the headlines. Sadly, this news has brought a flood of pain, confusion, and shame f...

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New Archbishop of Canterbury Further Fractures a Fragile Anglican Communion

Dame Sarah Mullally, the current bishop of London, is the new Archbishop of Canterbury designate. This is a landmark appointment, as she will be the first female Archbishop in the Church of England...

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Faithfulness amid the Culture War

Faithfulness to Jesus’s mission isn’t less than boldness in the culture war; it’s much more. Many wonder if the days of a nonpartisan approach to Christian cultural engagement are over. In recent ...

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How to Exit Tech

If we as parents could see what our children see on social media, we wouldn’t hesitate to keep them away. That’s why Clare Morell calls for a tech exit: “no smartphones, social media, tablets, or v...

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5 Reasons to Read Eugene Peterson on Pastoral Ministry

A younger pastor recently asked me what resources have most formed my thinking on pastoral ministry. He was somewhat familiar with most of the books I mentioned, but then I brought up the works on ...

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Find Meaningful Community in Jan Karon’s Mitford

As a young man, I took a copy of Jan Karon’s debut novel with me on a surprise deployment. Two decades later, my copy of At Home in Mitford, a discarded paperback from the Gales Ferry library, stil...

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How Power Corrupts Pure Religion

In 1534, Henry VIII—whom the Pope dubbed “Defender of the Faith” because of his work opposing Luther’s teaching—broke from Rome and established himself as the head of the newly formed Church of Eng...

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The FAQs: Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Case on Free Speech and Bans on Sexual Reorientation Therapy

What just happened? On October 7, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chiles v. Salazar, a First Amendment challenge to Colorado’s law that prohibits “conversion therapy” for mino...

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Resurrection’s Old Testament Logic

The resurrection ranks among the most crucial doctrines of Christianity. For Jesus and the apostles, the resurrection is the bedrock of New Testament theology (e.g., John 11:25–26; 1 Cor. 15:12–5...

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Gen Z Is Spiritually Hungry. Let’s Get Ready to Feed Them.

Pew Research Center began tracking America’s religious landscape in 2007. Since then, they’ve reported Christianity’s steady decline. In 2024, pollster George Barna told the Christian Post that the...

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Pagans and Paranormal-Seekers Need the Unchanging Gospel

I used to listen to George Noory’s Coast to Coast AM on the radio during middle-of-the-night commutes. I was amused by his guests as they talked about UFOs, ghosts, and chupacabras. Along with regu...

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Editor’s Pick: 6 Books on Christian Apologetics

The task of equipping every believer for Christian apologetics has never been more urgent. As an elder and Sunday school teacher, I frequently get asked questions that come from influencers online ...

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How to Pursue Justice for Jesus

A few years ago, I led a workshop titled “How the Church Can Combat Human Trafficking” at a large Christian conference in Oregon that focused on global mission work. Afterward, a college student ap...

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Why Philosophical Theology Still Needs the Creeds

I’ve been asked several times what I think about Christianity’s perceived decline in the West. One of my frequent responses is to ask the questioners if they’re aware of the renaissance in Christia...

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Voddie Baucham (1969–2025) on the Resurrection

Voddie Baucham (1969–2025) has gone home to be with the Lord. In light of the common hope we hold as Christians, we’re looking back at his message from The Gospel Coalition’s 2015 National Conferen...

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