What does the word Gospel mean? This question is connected to the related question, "Why did Jesus live?" Many Christians think they know why Jesus died, but have a hard time understanding the importance of all Jesus' actions and teachings between his...
When it comes to current events Christians too frequently fall into one of the twin ditches of either allowing themselves to become spokespeople for one of the approved cultural positions (usually either “conservative” or “liberal”) or withdrawing from the world in...
In 1 Corinthians 6 Paul argues against the misguided notion that Christians can do what they want with their bodies since they have the Holy Spirit. This error, Paul says, misunderstands the meaning of the resurrection of Jesus: since Jesus' body rose from the...
Christians have been united to Jesus so that his death to sin means that we have died to sin, and his resurrection means that Christians have been given the power of a new, free life. This happens through our baptism, in which the word of God is mixed with normal...
The content of movies has changed dramatically in the last 100 years. What once was considered offensive and even pornographic is now commonplace. The false dichotomy of either mindlessly enjoying all contemporary media or withdrawing from and rejecting it undermines...
