Spend some time on Facebook and look at the religious views of many and you will quickly learn that there is a trend to be a “Christ Follower,” “Follower of Christ,” or “Follower of Jesus” rather than a “Christian.”
You might be asking why…
I think this is something common in the younger generations who are unhappy [...]

Have you read the cover story for the February issue of Christianity Today? It is a piece adapted from Shirl James Hoffman’s book Good Game: Christianity and the Culture of Sports.
The article covers a wide range of issues within the topic of sports and Christian faith, but I’ll focus on these specific areas quoted below:
“That [...]

I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. Growing up, sure, I loved it. What kid didn’t?
But ever since high school or so I’ve always hated the dark side of Halloween and how its promotes evil things as ok if only for a day.
So this year I’m going to focus my attention on something else.
Something [...]

Last week during The Nines webinar/conference Brian McLaren (not someone I usually get much from) said, “The Gospel is not an evacuation plan but a transformation plan.” It something that has stuck with me for a week.
Yesterday I was thinking about the difference between Western and Eastern Christianity theologies. We in the west are very [...]

I read the cover story from the most recent Christianity Today last week. The title was: “The Case for Early Marriage.” Provocative title to say the least, and a provocative article in a few parts. Several of my friends, including some of the other Mentoring Project interns, talked about the article with me. It was [...]

Often times I get bogged down in my thinking about where the church and Christianity is today. I go back and forth between thinking really positive thoughts about church and Christianity and thinking about how poorly the church and believers do in theology, relationships, and reaching unbelievers. But I recently read this and it gave [...]