Without God’s grace, character or plan, and tangible reliance on the Holy Spirit’s work in the heart, the Bible gets used to beat people into behavioural submission.

Amish communities generally hold their worship services in German, even though many do not speak that language. Reading the Bible independently is often discouraged. Failure to follow the ordnung can result in shunning or exclusion from the community.

Christian nationalism shows more concern with preserving one’s own ‘tribe’ and national identity than with sharing the Gospel with other ethnicities.

What motivates these emigrants and their children, after years in Germany, to move to a place where their families suffered decades of humiliation, persecution and oppression? Where does the sudden enthusiasm for Russia come from?

Does the Roman Catholic Church now accept that all religions lead to God? Where does this new view of religions come from? These are all legitimate questions.

The responses of evangelical churches to allegations of abuse have been vitiated by five factors: wrong expectations, wrong priorities, a wrong reading of biblical stories, a wrong approach to sin and crime, and a wrong view of love and justice.

It was impossible to live with Samuel without feeling the welcome and warmth of Christian brotherhood on equal terms from the very first moment.

Escobar was, in the best sense of the word, an evangelical intellectual who knew how to engage in dialogue with the changing world in which he lived.

TWR MOTION is bringing God’s Word to an oral culture through stories.

I have learned a lot from Samuel, but what always impressed me about him was his simplicity and humility.

The slow recovery after six months of the DANA floods is a reminder that we should not just assume that ‘everything will be fine’.

An open letter to those who will lead the global church in 2050.

It could be considered arrogant to think that our brief period of change should override millennia of shifting contexts in which preaching was a primary means of God working in the world.

A key moment in the life of an entrepreneur is the transition of leadership, which often falls to a family member.

Regardless of the Trump administration’s own ideologically driven assault on global harmony, I still know that Christians have a responsibility to give generously.

On the occasion of Pope Francis’ death, I would like to honour the posture of respect and esteem he nurtured towards evangelical Christians.

Just as Jesus is betrayed by a close follower and handed over to unjust powers, Ukraine has faced aggression from a neighbouring nation with deep historical ties.

South Korea is widely recognized as one of the most important mission forces in the contemporary period.

Improving your delivery is both an act of love for your listeners and a matter of good stewardship of your ministry before God. 

They were his last words. In seven brief utterances, Jesus proclaimed the most profound sermon that has ever been preached, a beautiful synopsis of the gospel.

The work of the Nobel Prize winner is one of the greatest cartographies of the human capacity for horror and destruction. Vargas Llosa warns us that “moral degradation leads us to the abyss”.

One colleague, Clemens van de Berg, spoke about the under-appreciated role of Protestant churches in shaping the international postwar order. This order and stability is under serious assault today.

We need to ask ourselves what is happening inside us that allows us to turn our planet—our home—into a giant garbage dump and remain indifferent.

On the 80th anniversary of his death, his message and his words continue to stand the test of time, and resonate with more authority than ever before.

James does not instruct his readers to get a grip. Instead, he gives them a glimpse of what is happening inside God.