The solution to our shallow churches
In our modern age, our problem “is not that churches are too deep, but too shallow.” That is just one of the insights you’ll find in this interview with J.T. English about his book, Deep Discipleship.
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Jordan Wootten
Jordan Wootten
Jordan Wootten
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Why we need to transform our political instincts
As far back as 1800, just 24 years after the ink on the Declaration of Independence had dried, fear was already emerging as a prominent political instinct in America. As recounted by John Fea, “In 1800, a Federalist newspaper that supported President John Adams in his reelection campaign against Thomas Jefferson, suggested that, if the …
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Why we need the tenderness of our Savior
Christianity isn’t complicated, but it is difficult. If anything, the last year has made us realize in a special way just how broken our world truly is. But whether we’re facing a pandemic or a relative paradise, every Christian needs Jesus—not just for “salvation,” but for life.
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3 ways smartphone usage can distort our perceptions
Several years ago, The New Yorker published their weekly magazine with what can only be described as a damning photo. On the magazine’s 90th anniversary cover (one of nine), the issue depicted a man holding a phone in what’s become a sadly ubiquitous posture. Ignoring a cloudy sky and the flight of a butterfly directly …
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How Christians can engage in the fight against pornography
This year, more than any in recent memory, has seemed like one steady stream of bad news. We’ve been pummeled, day after day, by a year that refuses to relent long enough to let us come up for one measly gulp of air. Along with the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine, there was another burst …
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How lament can lead to hope in a time of plague
Like so many others across the country, our family has had to make difficult decisions regarding whether to uphold some of our family traditions as the holiday season approaches. While this pandemic persists, do we exercise caution and forego our family gatherings, or do we gather in spite of the virus’s continued spread? With a …
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3 ways Christians can mend the political rural-suburban divide
In the truest sense of the word, I am a pilgrim. My pilgrimage began in the piney woods of East Texas, in a small, rural town which has yet to loosen its grip on some of the deepest parts of me. But it was a pilgrimage that led me away from “home,” a term I …
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