Global south Christians love the Bible books Luther hated
Regions Martin Luther never knew have embraced biblical books the Protestant reformer never liked, author and educator Philip Jenkins said.
Common values, mission draw Christians together across lines of age
Whether church members cross generational lines depends upon the “common” factors on which their specific Christian community is based. Many faith groups that begin as an age-targeted community often attract older and/or younger members because of their underlying value, mission or message.
BOOK REVIEW: Bonhoeffer’s questions ring true for 21st century Christians
It’s the right time to bring forward a book that raises Bonhoeffer’s questions of conscience in light of the world’s complicated issues at the turn of the millennium.
Christians send Obama Christmas cards urging Mideast peace
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Christians join last-ditch effort to pass immigration reform for youngsters
WASHINGTON (ABP) -- Christian leaders were among those joining a coordinated, last-ditch effort Nov. 30 to get Congress to pass a bill providing a path to legal status for the undocumented children of illegal immigrants.
Arab Christian: Bad eschatology harms U.S. Christians
KELLER, Texas (ABP) -- Theology that equates the modern state of Israel with the Israel of biblical prophecy has caused some evangelical Christians to let eschatology trump ethics when it comes to the Middle East, a Palestinian-American Christian told a recent interfaith
Young Christians seek intentional community among the poor
About a dozen young Christian men and women have made the rough-and-tumble Barberry Village complex in Gresham, Ore., their home. Their goal: create a sense of community in a chaotic neighborhood overrun with drugs, prostitution and gangs.
Why so many people like Stuff Christians Like: An interview with Jon Acuff
Jon Acuff is the author of the satirical blog Stuff Christians Like and a book by the same title published by Zondervan. In about two years, Acuff has taken a start-up blog from obscurity to more than 1.5 million readers, including many who interact loyally
Fear not, Jesus said — but some Christians still do
Perfect love, wrote the Apostle John, casts out fear. But 2,000 years after those words were written, many disciples of Christ still find their lives dominated by fear.
Christians commanded to love their Muslim neighbors, panelists insist
HONOLULU -- A West Texas missions professor who served more than two decades in Indonesia and an Arab Baptist educator from Lebanon emphasized the need to reach out in love to Muslims.