The commonplace is a sacred place. The things we do each day have deep, divine roots. But we grow callous to them. The repetition gets in the way of the revelation God can offer. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the simplest act of giving. Offering something—however small—to someone...

"J. Gresham Machen was one of many to fall under the spell of football. 'When I see a vacant field on one of these autumn days,' Machen wrote to a friend while in Europe in 1905, 'my mind is filled with wonder at this benighted people which does not seem...

Christianity has an unmistakable relationship with the topic of slavery. Slavery was commonplace in the Roman Empire under which Jesus and his worshipers lived during the first century — which is why it is so frequently mentioned in early-church writings. Slavery is a topic in six of the apostle Paul’s...

While this meditation is from the context of being a doctor it is predominantly about being a Christian in this world, about answering the call to be a light in darkness, to be salt in a spoiling world. One of the most important questions a Christian will have to answer...

My friends, God has marked the entire world, the entire cosmos, with his personal presence, and it can’t help but “speak” of him. God, in other words, is a writer. He was the first writer. We write reality as we know it, and we write in his image. Apply this...

This article presents a Christian view of sales as a profession and will look to the scriptures to help formulate a basis for this view. Salespeople are often viewed as untrustworthy, greedy, and contemptible.