You don’t really want to be talked to, looked at or told what to do that way—yet in the name of being “nice,” you brush it off. But pastor Bob Hamp says you can’t afford to, and here’s why.
A recent poll of 2,000 pastors in North Carolina revealed that less than 10 percent…
RELEVANT reprints a portion of N.T. Wright’s book After You Believe, discussing how character transformation is the key to Christian living.
There’s nothing quite like the freedom you get to experience in your early twenties. You…
One of my friends recently told me she was seeing a guy she met on…
A faith of isolation has nothing prophetic or revolutionary to offer to a world of…
I am a disciple of Jesus. But if I am honest with myself, I am…
Built by Ken Ham’s organization Answers in Genesis, the 510-foot-long re-creation of Noah’s Old Testament vessel sits 10 stories high and houses three levels of Bible-theme exhibits that Ham hopes will attract visitors from around the world.
In the early 2000s, as the pop-punk glory days were coming to a close, a…
Most of us would like to have the experience of serving God in some significant…
It seems like busy is a badge of honor we wear with pride these days.…
“If I wanted to go to a nightclub, I would go to a nightclub!” my…
If you are between the ages of 18 and 37 and grew up in Christian…
It’s hard to believe how quickly life changes. One day we’re living one way, then…
When Erwin McManus was diagnosed with cancer, his perspective on the world changed dramatically. Though…
The busier I get, the faster the time seems to pass. Keeping busy is valued…
I’ve known my best friend Kristen since I was 3. (Or so I’ve been told;…
What if I told you that Jesus didn’t want us to win converts? What if…
There are a few major questions we all ask ourselves at some point in life,…
“It’s OK, your Prince Charming is out there!” I was told recently. Frozen smile on…
That June, I stood at the podium draped in black cap and gown. I was…
I once saw a billboard advertising “a church for people who don’t like church.” Funny,…
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Living in a digital age is indeed challenging. The digital world serves us in many…
Arlene Dickinson, an investor on the British reality show Dragons’ Den once said, “If you’re…
There is a heartening development within the mainstream Church of late: people are starting to…
I have the same memories as many evangelicals who grew up in church at the…
Anyone who has gone to church for any amount of time has likely noticed a…
We’ve all seen the people on college campuses who make us cringe at the thought…
Community is revolutionary. When we bring it to a rolling boil, lives change and plans foment that ripple around the world. But it’s hard to cook up community from scratch in middle-class North America. Some days, just getting to know the neighbors on your street can feel like trying to get the wave going at a football game while everybody stares at you from their seats. Still, we go on believing that God made people—all of us, no matter your Myers-Briggs profile type—to need other people. So we need to figure out how to break our ruts of commuting, watching Hulu, and consuming Hot Pockets alone. And we couldn’t have better guides on how to do this than Adam and Christine Jeske.
Celebrating Christian holidays can sometimes feel like a challenge. There is no doubt that Christmas…
It’s no secret that young people are in debt — in fact, about 43% of…
Some say laughter is contagious. But when it comes to the online world, the most…
Lately, I’ve been haunted by a question. How could so much violence, fear, racism and…
I recently spent a year of my life on a 37,000-mile prayer pilgrimage around the…
When you meet someone you really like, it’s easy to start making compromises on some…
The “quarterlife crisis” marks the period of life for many young people when the rivers…
Sarah Ruden is not a biblical scholar, but a Quaker and an expert on ancient languages who has been translating portions of Scripture from Hebrew and Greek.
In the Church, sometimes we make people who aren’t married feel like the JV team.…