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Where Gen Z Is Finding Jesus

Two weeks after the school year started last September, I got an email from the vice president for academic affairs at Dordt University. Her name is Leah Zuidema, and she told me that faculty and s...

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New Free Playlist: Old Hymns Made New

One of the most welcome trends in contemporary Christian music is a revived appreciation for the beauty and depth of Christian hymnody. Perhaps unsurprisingly in a world of vapid, repetitive “prais...

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Should Struggling Christians Abstain from Communion?

The congregation moved forward to receive the bread and wine, but I stayed in my seat. While other church members received the elements, I felt paralyzed, replaying my sins from the previous week. ...

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On My Shelf: Life and Books with Brad Edwards

On My Shelf helps you get to know various writers through a behind-the-scenes glimpse into their lives as readers. I asked Brad Edwards—a pastor and the author of The Reason for Church: Why the Bo...

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The Doctrine Gen Z Needs to Hear About

I vividly remember walking into my first Cru gathering as a secular and skeptical 23-year-old. In the years leading up to that moment, I had spent countless nights wondering if life was even worth ...

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Skip the Sound Bites: Recover the Lost Art of Listening to Sermons

We’re surrounded by sound bites. Scroll through your social media feed and you’ll find what appears to be an endless stream of highlight reels of recently preached sermons. I’m not saying there’s n...

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12 of My Favorite Fictional Marriages

When it’s healthy and flourishing according to God’s good design, a marriage between a husband and wife is one of the most beautiful things in the world to behold. In good marriages, we see picture...

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The Stories Culture Tells Us

Various stories guide and even dictate how we navigate the world. We’ve all heard some of these stories’ slogans: “You do you,” “Love is love,” or “Follow your heart.” These “cultural narratives” a...

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Down with the neo-puritans: I say a true Christian can watch horror films – and Emmerdale | Ravi Holy

My praise for the movie Send Help drew brickbats. If it’s new Puritans versus liberal cavaliers, I know which side I’m onRavi Holy is the vicar of Wye in Kent and a standup comedianI posted a rave ...

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Healthy Organization Isn’t Optional for Local Churches

While in seminary, I worked multiple jobs. I served as a youth pastor, coached high school basketball, and worked for a medical equipment company owned by one of our church’s elders. That man’s dec...

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Is God More Eternal than Us?

What do you do if your 8-year-old son looks at you and says, “Dad, if God is eternal, and if being eternal for him means that he had no beginning or end, and Jesus gives us eternal life, but we do ...

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Country diary: Echoes of Iona at this tiny, precious church | Merryn Glover

Kincraig, Badenoch: The Loch Insh Old Kirk is a compelling place, and yet, like the copious wildlife here, it is on the edge of existenceThe snow has retreated to the tops of the Cairngorms and the...

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‘God Told Me’: How We Hear God’s Voice Today

You’ve probably heard about the daring Christian high school senior who finally gathered enough courage to approach the girl he liked and try out his new surefire pick-up line: “God told me we shou...

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20 Insightful Quotes About Cultural Apologetics

How do you commend the gospel in a culture that no longer shares its moral grammar? The Gospel After Christendom: An Introduction to Cultural Apologetics (Zondervan, 2025)—edited by Collin Hansen, ...

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Modernity’s Hollowed-Out Search for the Good Life

Last year, as part of the Forming a Christian Mind project, I was invited by a group of Cambridge University students to help them tackle a couple of pressing questions. First, what does it mean to...

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Pastors: Ministry Resilience Comes Through Weakness

As another calendar year came to an end, I took time to review the previous 12 months. There were many things to celebrate. Yet the list of the challenges and struggles our pastoral team had faced ...

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How Your Investing Could Change the World

“Do any of us really want to be in the position where our retirement account grows in sync with the cancer ward?” That’s the question posed by Robin John about tobacco, responsible for 100 million...

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Why Are Medical Groups Now Opposing Gender Surgeries for Minors?

The Story: Within days of each other, the American Medical Association and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons have issued recommendations that gender-related surgeries for minors be deferred ...

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Editor’s Pick: 8 Books on Spiritual Disciplines

Raise your hand if you aren’t as consistent in spiritual disciplines as you feel like you ought to be. Most of us can identify opportunities to grow in our pursuit of Christlikeness. For those who...

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Find Sabbath Rest as a Family

A friend whose kids are older than mine once asked me if I’d seen a particular movie. I simply shook my head and replied, “I’m in that stage of life.” My friend had no further questions. He remembe...

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What’s the Point of Fasting?

My dad has been a runner for over a decade—he has completed more than 60 marathons, and he even ran the whole length of New Zealand solo in two months. I had always thought he was crazy, and I clai...

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