Lighten Up: Christians Under Attack

Lighten Up: The Down Side of Free Will January 31, 2014

Loving Enemies in the Day of ISIS September 4, 2014

The following excerpt from Myth of a Christian Religion discusses Jesus’ command to “turn the other cheek.” Whatever our response to the persecution of Christians in the world, we must take this passage seriously. While this excerpt does not tell us exactly how to respond, it can be used to shape our attitude and stance…

N.T. Wright on the Whole Sweep of Scripture December 31, 2012

Here’s a really fine video message from N.T. Wright on how to read Scripture. So many of the misunderstandings we take away from Scripture happen when we pick out a verse here and there and neglect the whole story. We hope this will bless you and encourage you to “press your nose against the window.”

Christians & Politics: Where Do You Stand? October 25, 2016

In the 1980’s, Cal Thomas and Ed Dobson were leaders in the Moral Majority, a conservative evangelical social and political movement that attempted to rally “moral” people to change public policy. The movement died out in the 1990s. In 1999, Thomas and Dobson wrote a book entitled Blinded by Might in which they declare that…

New Feature: We Need YOU! April 1, 2016

For the last several years we’ve been running a feature every Friday called Lighten Up. It was fun for a while, but it’s gotten harder and harder to find light-hearted, relevant content. That’s where you come in. We’d like to start something slightly different on Fridays that features content sent to us by YOU! There’s…

Lighten Up: When God Drags Us August 12, 2012

How often do you think God drags you? We suspect, out of love, he does this quite a bit.