The bible tells a very interesting story of one John the Baptist, who paved the way for Jesus by saying one simple message.  There seems to be a website called the gospelboxx that is taking that powerful concept and combining it with a new craze in internet marketing.  In older biblical prophecies...

Writing on the World magazine blog, Tony Woodlief makes an unconventional suggestion: It’s a foolish idea, but I’m wondering if we can work up the courage to give recklessly this year. Wouldn’t it be something if our response to hard economic times was not to give less but to give more? What w...

We received some comments recently that pointed out that Christian ministry Vision Forum offers books by author G.A. Henty. The following paragraph appears on one of them, and speaks of Africans: They are just like children.... They are always either laughing or quarreling. They are good natured and...

I recently asked our pastor if he thinks it's ok to not sing certain songs during worship. He said that if you're not singing simply because you don't like the style, then you could be in sin. Because musical preferences shouldn't dictate your participation in corporate worship. In o...

Everyone experiences suffering. As I type this, individuals in Colorado Springs and Toronto and London and Makati and Auckland are hurting. And folks throughout Australia -- with its bushfires and flooding -- are suffering in heartbreaking ways. This morning I received the following e-mail from Cate...

Yesterday I wrote a silly little blog post in which I admitted that I found it disturbing that President Obama carries in his pocket a monkey god good luck charm. Though I knew about this story for months, I waited until yesterday to publish it so I could use the clever headline I came up with, "Goo...

I love it when I see God's kingdom in everyday things — like high school football games. My friend Becky posted this story on her blog. "I think Kris Hogan makes God smile," she wrote. I agree. Consider this story on ESPN: They played the oddest game in high school football history l...

My wife and I found out early this morning that a judge in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia approved our adoption of a sibling set of four children ages 8, 6, and 9 months (twins). And I'm telling you this so that you can celebrate with us, but also to say that we probably would not have had the courage to do ...

When it comes to what others choose to do, I often have no opinion. I may be concerned about their motivations, about the reasons behind a particular decision, but in the end their decision is exactly that: theirs. And I think no less of them for it. Case in point: How many children they choose to h...

Today, Justin Taylor exerpts a Piper sermon on "fear and trembling" in worship. It's an indictment on "the superficial condition of our times that one of the most common things said about good experience in ministry and worship is that 'we are having fun.'" More Piper: The point ...