Suffering in Community

How do you respond to suffering? Most of us attempt to cope with suffering by turning either to apathy, escapism, or bitterness. My go-to is apathy. I see many others turning to escapism and bitterness. But the fact is that these responses do more harm than good....

American Heresies

The term “gospel-centered” is certainly overused, but I contend that it still has great value, at least as a concept. And that is because of the rampant presence of distortions to the central Christian message–“God saves...

To Speak or Not to Speak

I have intentionally never posted anything on social media about homosexuality, or really any hot-button issue. My reasons have been: I don’t want others, particularly my non-Christian friends, to think that I care more about them sharing my convictions on this issue...