The Crisis of Christian Commitment to the Local Church Do you see, do you see All the people sinking down? Don’t you care, don’t you care Are you gonna let them drown? How can you be so numb Not to care if they come? You close your eyes And pretend the job’s done… Keith Green wrote those words in 1978. He sang them with the kind of holy fury that made comfortable Christians squirm in their seats — which was exactly the point. "Asleep in the Light" was not a gentle hym

The Bible is not a self-help book collecting dust on a shelf. It is the primary instrument God uses to shape us. When we ignore it, we don't lose information. We lose formation. We stay the same.

On a recent hiking expedition with my son in West Virginia, we came across something unexpected on the trail to Seneca Rocks. The trail to Seneca Rocks is an ascent of about 1,000 feet to a jagged ridge overlooking valleys on both sides. It's a beautiful trail filled with wildlife. On our trip, we encountered a doe and her two fawns eating along the trail. They were obviously accustomed to humans because we were able to walk very close to them without disturbing them. About h

One of the questions my congregation asked me before I left on sabbatical was, in essence, "What are you most looking forward to?" My...

The world is not as it should be, and neither am I. The past few weeks have been pretty tough on many people. On a national level, the...