MissieNederland releases a report about “how Christian young people experience their faith, and the challenges this presents for churches and organisations”.

Beneath the noise of social media, many young people are searching for meaning, purpose, and truth. They are looking for guidance on what it means to follow Jesus in a tangible way.

The evangelical identity must be lived out in a responsible and credible manner, starting with local churches and being part of evangelical networks that deserve the name. A perspective from Rome, Italy.

A young woman who experienced trauma and attempted suicide, obtains judicial approval for her euthanasia request in 2024, despite her family's objections, setting a precedent for psychiatric suffering cases.

The draft law failed to pass by 69 votes to 57. “This is a fantastic result for life, for compassion and for the most vulnerable”, evangelical leaders say.

Reflections on death, rituals, and a society that preserves forms but is afraid to talk about meaning.

Johannes Vermeer’s Woman Holding a Balance offers a quiet visual parable for this moment. As we face yet another new year of war, polarisation and distrust, we need reflection which goes beyond personal self-improvement.

Let’s be sure to bring the most real concerns of our time to the Christmas story and find in it a Saviour who has learned what it is to be human.

In his latest book, an award-winning cardiologist with a long career critically questions the prevailing thinking in the Western world on 15 fundamental issues. Interview with Manuel Martínez-Sellés.

Sometimes the pursuit of being “interesting” and “relevant” undermines the exegetical integrity of our ministry. 

What effect the experience that led to the song Why Me, Lord? had is unknown, but Kris never wanted to identify himself as an evangelical musician.

We need food, shelter, friendship, purpose and more, but maybe all these needs fold into just two: bios and zoë, physical life and spiritual life.

“Young people have lost hope and the meaning of life […] The authority of the Bible must be restored”, says a Finnish Christian doctor and writer.

We have probably all made some, or all, of these mistakes.

Learning to think clearly about your own thinking is a critical skill for the preacher. Study more. Study longer. Study humble. Study persistently.

In Ukraine the New Year celebration has always been more important than Christmas. This year is different, more people are focusing on Christmas and its meaning.

As we head towards another Christmas, let’s be sure to ponder the wonder of that first Christmas and the daily wonder of a God who moved toward us.

Preaching goes way beyond clarification of the meaning of words. But it won’t go anywhere if it bypasses this critical element of the task.

The spiritual gravitas and countless other personal and ministry benefits only come from diligent exegetical labour.

A report of the Social and Cultural Planning Office shows that only 33% say they believe in God. But “believers experience more meaningfulness than non-believers”.

Let’s keep prayerfully pondering how we can explain the meaning of the text in a way that is clear, helpful, instructive and not distracting.

The outline is an overview of your strategy for communicating the biblical idea relevantly to the hearts of your listeners.

Let’s resolve, prayerfully and passionately, to always seek to really preach the passage we claim to be preaching.

A palliative care doctor analyses the recently approved Spanish euthanasia law and its consequences in the final stages of life. “Closing our life properly is the way to die well”, she says.

Let us not forget the future hope and comfort that enabling people to die well will bring.