Truths to die for

Most of us quietly believe it. But is it actually true? And will it hold up when it most needs [...]

These statements by Jesus are puzzling—even provoking. Jesus, the eternal Word through whom all things were made (John 1:3), tells [...]

Few phrases in the New Testament stop a reader cold quite like this one. Writing to Timothy in Ephesus, the [...]

We’ve thought about it. The neighbour we keep meaning to have over. The new family at church who always stands alone after the service. The colleague who mentioned, almost in passing, that she doesn’t really know anyone in the city yet.We meant to do something about it. But the week got busy. The house isn’t quite ready. Maybe next month, when things settle down.But what if that quiet hesitation is costing us far more than a missed dinner? What if hospitality isn’t a personality type or a spiritual gift for the naturally warm — but a direct overflow of what Christ has done for us? And what if, when we neglect it, we lose something we cannot quite recover by any other means?

Few charges against Christianity are made more confidently than this one: "Look at the Crusades. Look at the denominational splits, [...]

We know where our bodies came from. We inherited our fathers’ noses, perhaps, or our mothers’ eyes, and a full [...]

Every Sunday, in churches across the world, a simple scene unfolds. Bread is broken. A cup is poured. Words are [...]

Open your New Testament to Matthew Chapter 1, and you’ll find a genealogy—a carefully structured family tree tracing Jesus's ancestry [...]

Ever stared at the ceiling in church during worship, wondering if you’re the only one thinking, “What if I’m not [...]

Here’s a claim that may make you raise an eyebrow: every human being alive today—all 8 billion of us—descended from [...]

There’s a moment in Paul's letter to the Romans when everything turns. For 11 chapters, he has constructed the most [...]

Switch on the news today and the world feels like it’s unravelling. Tensions in the Middle East. Friction between nuclear [...]

Many today—including sincere seekers, members of groups such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, and even Christians who’ve perhaps never quite thought [...]

When you open Psalm 1 and read "Blessed is the man," does that word bother you? Should it? And when [...]

The question cuts deep. If God is love—and the Bible insists He is (1 John 4:8)—how can He be the [...]