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No, Your Grace, Gay People Shouldn't Be Thrown in Jail

By Matthew Allen

We should strengthen our efforts to help LGBT refugees, not only those from Uganda but from every country where there are limited rights to privacy.

Please Presbyterian, Don't Revisit Female Ordination

By Matthew Allen

It’s time for PCI to swallow this dose of reality. Focus on the things, like outreach and charity, which make a difference to the world’s neediest.

In the Beginning, We Argued Over Origins

By Ken Chitwood

There are innumerable etiologies floating around the world. The student of religion is welcome to read and study them. In fact, it is critical that the...

God’s Rest In The Covenant

By Tom Sugimura

God took time to rest after the creation, dive into how rest helps you spiritually connect with the Lord.

Sacred Stillness: Hands Down for Worship and Trust

By Brad Wilcox

Like the wind and the waves, we are subject to conditions where we can lose control; when we allow ourselves sacred stillness, we can worship God in...

How Did Jesus Interpret Scripture?

By Duncan Pile

How Did Jesus Interpret Scripture?

British Belonging, the Bloom Review and the Coronation

By Matthew Allen

A British coronation is a fundamentally Christian ceremony, but such is our tradition

Why Do So Many Songs Use Christian Imagery?

By Matthew Allen

From metal to folk, religious imagery and patterns are used frequently to convey emotion. Dive into why music and spirit go hand in hand.

From Mecca to Mount Kailash: The Enduring Power of...

By Ken Chitwood

Journeys to holy sites and major religious celebrations can be shot through with multiple meanings, personal motivations, and traveling trajectories.

God's Rest at Creation

By Tom Sugimura

God’s omnipotence means that no matter how much power He exudes, His power is not depleted. He does not faint or grow weary. The word here for “rest”...

“Nearer to Thee”: Promises and Challenges of Christian...

By Brad Wilcox

Our compassionate God is infinitely merciful, we can exercise faith to exhibit Christian love as He would have us do.

His Ways Are Higher

By Duncan Pile

Isaiah 55 is a particularly beautiful and oft-quoted passage, but is its message well understood?

Emery’s “You Stole God from Me”

By Matthew Allen

Emery’s “You Stole God from Me” is a unique blend of religious overtones with some doctrinal implications, let us explore the meaning behind the music.

Should we be comparing Islam and Christianity, the Bible...

By Ken Chitwood

The hope is that by comparing two things — the known with the unknown, the foreign with the familiar — we might better understand the world and...

Jesus Is the Resurrection and the Life

By Tom Sugimura

Discover why Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life according to Christian doctrine.

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