Congregationalism & Churches
She sang through betrayal, divorce, and death. LaShun Pace sang of God’s power. With a voice that could hold an angelic note or drop down to a sinner’s growl, she declared the Lord’s victory on a revival circuit in the 1970s, on the Billboard charts in the 1990s, and on TikTok in the 2020s. She… Read More
Why Christians slide into spiritual apathy, and how they can recover. Believers often describe the Christian life as a series of peaks and valleys, with periods of joyful discipleship followed by seasons of spiritual listlessness. Uche Anizor, a professor at Biola University’s Talbot School of Theology, writes for those trudging through the valley in Overcoming… Read More
The imprecatory psalms give us permission to push boldly against evil. I saw an image last week that I cannot shake: a Ukrainian father gripping the face of his young son’s lifeless body, which is entirely covered in a blood-stained sheet except for a halo of blond hair. This grief-stricken father presses his face against… Read More
The church’s founder, currently on leave, faced complaints for inappropriate text messages and drunkenly entering a woman’s hotel room. The board of directors of Hillsong, the global megachurch and music empire co-founded by Australian pastor Brian Houston, released a statement Friday addressing two complaints about Houston, including an accusation that the married pastor had spent… Read More
Vol. 16 No. 8 August 8, 2017 Dear Friend, The practice of the Christian faith is three dimensional – 3D – doxological– giving praise to God, communal – growing in interpersonal relationships, and missional – engaging our world on behalf of our Lord. In other words, we are to face up, face in, and face… Read More
No other created object tells us more about the real God. I have never been able to understand why anyone would worship a wooden statue. Or a tree or an Asherah pole, a cow or an elephant, or a god who looks like a frog. I think I get it at an intellectual level—they represent… Read More