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Christ and culture: five views

It’s a problem that has challenged the Church during her entire existence: How are Christians to engage and relate to the surrounding culture? How should we then live? What does it look like to be in the world but not...

Building a strong, thriving faith

Daniel. Nehemiah. Esther. Mordecai. Some of my favourite Old Testament characters lived in the Exile period and experienced a time and culture that was hostile to their faith. Their religious freedom was under attack...

Protecting your marriage from drifting...

The growing rate of divorce among those married 20 years or more is a troubling trend. Some of this can be explained by the self-centred “trading in for a trophy wife” phenomenon. However, many couples whose marriage...

“I only need Jesus!” Is this Biblical?

We hear this sentiment expressed often in good Christian circles. The credo is adopted by many believers in an effort to declare and live by a more stripped-down faith. They want their Christianity unleaded, organic,...

Are your kids likely to lose their faith?

A handful of Christian authors have created a bit of a cottage industry peddling the scary news that the odds are not good for our young people to stay strong in their faith into adulthood. Untrue. There are important...