David Kinnaman on Why the Digital Revolution Is the New Babylon
Maybe you remember that ad from a few years ago where a young adolescent boy asks, “Google, what is ‘glossophobia’?” A warm female voice gently informs him, “Speech anxiety is…
Millennials Donate More to Charity, But Less Frequently
Despite the widespread assumption that millennials are self-obsessed, there’s actually very little data to back it up. Selfies and vlogs aside, it’s difficult to really categorize and compare the altruism…
Are Americans Less Likely to Be Religious If They’re More Educated? It’s Complicated
You may have heard that more education equals less religion in America, but is it true? Pew Research did a deep dive into the correlation between higher education and religious…
Study: America’s Trust In Clergy Is at a Record Low
Gallup’s been charting America’s trust in various professions for the last 40 years. In the 80s, most people believed clergy were generally trustworthy, with two-thirds of Americans saying they believed…
Don’t Just Make a Point. Make a Difference
With just about every important situation in life that we choose to engage, there is a common, consistent, universal choice to be made. It’s the choice between making a point…
The Decline of American Christianity Is Real but More Complicated Than It Looks
You may have heard about the “decline of American Christianity.” If you heard about it from the pulpit, chances are it came with some invective about how God is being…
‘Millennial’ Shouldn’t Be a Derogatory Term
Many of my friends, colleagues and I are making a living right now speaking, writing and coaching ministries, churches and businesses on how to “reach millennials.” It’s definitely a hot…
Social Media Could Be Killing Your Spiritual Life
In 2014, psychologists from the University of Virginia wanted to test whether or not people preferred negative stimulation in the form of an electric shock to no stimulation, being alone…
Rob Bell Is at It Again
A 19-year-old Rob Bell took off his Birkenstocks. He didn’t know a lot about the Bible, but he knew something about it was different. He’d just finished preaching his first…
The Cure for an Identity Crisis
When I was in college, Bank of America came after me, claiming I owed them more than $10,000. I had never even cashed a check in a Bank of America,…
9 Spiritual Leaders You Should Be Following on Twitter
If you haven’t noticed, Twitter is a huge place. And what’s worse, your feed is often stacked with angry opinions and even angrier opinions about those first angry opinions. It…
Merely Being Aware of Oppression Isn’t Enough
I recently met with a friend in Downtown Phoenix. Adam is an African-American who is nearing completion of his doctorate dealing with religious forms in the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. The…
What Your Clothes Say About You
Culture is progressive, it always has been. One facet of culture that is progressive is clothing, or rather, the ways in which it is used to communicate intentionality. Take social…
Now All Cedarville Curriculum Has to Follow the Philippians 4:8 Rule
Cedarville University is a 130-year-old Baptist college with some brand new rules they’re calling “the Biblically Consistent Curriculum policy,” modeled after Philippians 4:8. You remember Philippians 4:8, right? “Finally, brothers and…
Research: Contrary to Popular Belief, College Grads Are Just as Religious as Those Without Degrees
In the United States, conventional thinking goes like this: The more educated a person is, the less likely he or she is to be religious. This is the essentially the coasts…