Competitive sports exist in all cultures, and the lessons of athletic events convey spiritual insights. Consider seven spiritual growth lessons taught in the Bible from sports analogies.

In cultural analysis, some values loom like black holes—the entire constellation of cultural values and concerns orbit around a single, dominating principle. And for North …

Thirteen years ago, with a newborn son and thick in packing for our move to Manila, tears were easy. I was leaving known and loved …

Hardly a week goes by that I don’t hear a tragic story with haunting similarities: another pastor destroying the church that he loves so much …

A tale of two pastors Once upon a time, there were two pastors. Both genuinely wanted to help their people follow God’s will for their …

“Write it down! You don’t really know what you believe until you put it in writing.” So said one of my mentors early on in …

I’m no leadership guru. I’m not even a leadership junkie. Most of the reading I’ve done on leadership has been for academic research. Or to …

“And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints who had fallen asleep were raised; and coming out of the graves after His …

Overview No study of missions is complete without reading a biography of Amy Carmichael, missionary to India. Among the published options available today, Elisabeth Elliot’s …

The word syncretism isn’t in the Bible. It refers to mixing two things together that aren’t meant to be mixed, resulting in something entirely different. …