The Christian faith, while wildly misrepresented in so much of American culture, is really about death and resurrection. It's about how God continues to reach into the graves we dig for ourselves and pull us out, giving us new life, in ways both dramatic and small.
To live in this world, we must learn how to stand in the tragic gap, the gap between what is and what could be, with faith and hope.
The problem with biblical inerrancy is that it tends to dissolve on contact with what is in the Bible itself, thus propelling many devout young believers into unnecessary crises of faith. We need a more realistic understanding of the Bible. from After Evangelicalism
For me the most radical demand of Christian faith lies in summoning the courage to say yes to the present risenness of Jesus Christ.
Faith isn't a feeling. It's a choice to trust God even when the road ahead seems uncertain.
Salvation in Jesus’ name is treated as a cure all. Supposedly, there is no suffering once we join the church, and if there is any cause for discomfort, then we vote the pastor out at the next business meeting. Ironically, we worship Jesus, who showed his wounds, but...
As Christ's ambassadors we are called to embody the values and character of the one who sent us. We are to be the tangible demonstration of the love, character, and truth of Christ as we live out our faith in a very public way. Living out your faith doesn't require...
An unexamined faith is not worth having, for fundamentalism and uncritical certitude entail the rejection of one of the great human gifts: that of free will, of the liberty to make up our own minds based on evidence and tradition and reason.
Embrace the faith that every challenge surmounted by your energy; every problem solved by your wisdom; every soul stirred by your passion; and every barrier to justice brought down by your determination will ennoble your life, inspire others, serve your country, and...
While all were granted the right of conscience in matters of faith, Luther still stressed the necessity of evaluating faith in community. Indeed, for Luther, the very freedom of the Christian was paradoxical as the believer is both freed from all in Christ and at the...