by John D. Pierce | Aug 23, 2022 | Opinion
Christian hymns often move us deeply, inspire us to live more fully and faithfully, and sustain us through life’s challenging times. “O God, our help in ages past, our hope for years to come.” “Great is thy faithfulness, morning by morning new mercies I see.” “’Tis...
by Jack Moline | Aug 10, 2020 | Opinion
I work in an office with a floor-to-ceiling window that overlooked a construction site. Among the machines that were there solely to distract me was a giant version of an immersion blender. Its purpose was to churn the ground in preparation for the excavator to scoop...
by Christopher J. Montgomery | Dec 23, 2010 | Opinion
The notion of holiness as perfection is not a helpful understanding of holiness. In our journey in following Jesus, simply “not behaving badly” is a misunderstanding of the mission of God. We often point to a verse in Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount for a...
by Bob Allen | Mar 14, 2005 | News
A group of Catholic and evangelical scholars that has been in dialogue for more than a decade has issued a new statement condemning spiritual sloth. The statement, published in the Catholic journal First Things and the evangelical magazine Christianity Today, affirms...