Month: Prosinec 2020

Many years ago, I read an article that significantly affected the way I think about corporate worship. The writer made the point that we should be aware that pastoral care is occurring in the midst of worship. In the worship

The 18th-century playwright Voltaire is known for his calloused quip that the Qur’an is an “unintelligible book, each page of which makes common sense shudder.” While such a statement is abrasive to Western ideals of tolerance, acceptance, and pluralism, many

On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Kristen Wetherell—author of Fight Your Fears and Hope When It Hurts, and co-editor for 12 Faithful Women: Portraits of

Our Lord Jesus taught us to sanctify the Father’s name in prayer: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name” (Matt. 6:9). Accordingly, the goal of Christian theology is to gain greater fluency in biblical discourse so that we might

It can seem odd, even wrong, to rejoice at someone else’s demise. But not so in every case. Moviemakers have often captured this moment. The plot line builds to an unavoidable conflict between two forces. The enemy you’ve come to

Over the past 12 months, a global pandemic caused the world to come to a near standstill. Yet despite COVID-19 being the primary event of 2020, numerous other significant discoveries and events occurred during this disruptive year. Here are nine

When you think about it, nearly everyone and everything connected to the first Christmas was on the wrong side of history. Zechariah and Elizabeth were on the wrong side of history for sure. They were an elderly Jewish couple, living

“Fall on us and hide us from the face of him who is seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of their wrath has come, and who can stand?” (Rev. 6:16–17). It’s a

On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Jen Oshman—blogger at www.jenoshman.com and author of Enough about Me: Find Lasting Joy in the Age of Self—about what’s on