The Bible’s Guide for Christian Activism
Theologian J. I. Packer, who died on July 17 at age 93, helped millions of evangelical Protestants articulate and understand what they believe. His books, like 1973’s Knowing God, didn’t just explain doctrine—they reignited passion for the authority of Scripture, the
Christians in China denounce being forced to worship Photos of President Xi Jinping
Christians in China claim they were forced to remove any Christian objects to replace them with images of the president in the form of “worship.”The believers are forced to have images of the president (Photo: Bitter Winter).In Shanxi, an 84-year-old
White Fragility: All Truth Matters | The Exchange
While reading this article it would be important to refer to the first post in this series, which lists DiAngelo’s definitions, including: "Whiteness rests upon a foundational premise: the definition of whites as the norm or standard
I Preached Where the Worship Leader Sang and Now I Have CO… | The Exchange
Where did I Contract COVID-19? But where did I contract COVID-19? I was contacted by my home church—where I periodically preach—that I had been around someone the previous Sunday who had later tested positive for COVID-19. As I thought back to that
Blessed by ‘The Blessing’ in the World’s Indigenous Languages
The more than 100 popular videos of “The Blessing” sung by churches as benedictions to their cities, countries, and the world have become a multilingual phenomenon. As one YouTube comment mentions, it’s like a foretaste of the great polylingual choir
The Old Testament Tells All
[Read in Portuguese or Indonesian] This is the fifth in a six-part series of essays from a cross section of leading scholars revisiting the place of the “First Testament” in contemporary Christian faith. —The editors I am not an Old Testament theologian,
Woman Who Wasn’t Expected to Survive After Birth Celebrates 60th Birthday
(The Christian Institute) — A woman born with spina bifida who doctors thought would die shortly after birth recently celebrated her 60th birthday. Carmel Proctor was diagnosed with myelomeningocele, a severe form of spina bifida, when she was born on 8
White Fragility: A Conversation on Race and Racism Part Two | The Exchange
Last week, we began a robust conversation about Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. With the wide range of responses we’ve received, it has only become clearer that engaging with this
Christian Camps Tried to Keep COVID-19 Away. It Didn’t Alw…… | News & Reporting
Even with increased safety protocols in place, some Christian camps could not keep out COVID-19 this summer. Week after week, the headlines tracked the outbreaks: 82 cases at Camp Kanakuk in Missouri, an evangelical camp that draws kids from 10 states.
The Gospel Has Never Been Colorblind
It is often suggested (usually by white brothers and sisters in Christ) that the good news of Jesus Christ drives the Christian to no longer "see color". The stated rationale for this comes from a certain interpretation of Galatians 3:28: