Christians in General https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/ Thoughtful perspectives on Christian faith, ministry, culture and life. Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:13:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 CEO Crisis: What New Data Reveals About Belief and Business https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2025/11/ceo-crisis-what-new-data-reveals-about-belief-and-business/ Tue, 11 Nov 2025 23:11:23 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=2084 By Mike Sharrow What do today’s CEOs actually believe—and does it shape how they lead? This fall, Barna Group released a new study, Faith Forward CEOs: Research and Insights on Executives Who Lead Differently, which surveyed more than 350 diverse context CEOs to understand how they think, lead, and define success. While much of the […]

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]]> 6 Trends in Modern Christian Persecution https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2025/04/6-trends-in-modern-christian-persecution/ Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:09:25 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1993 By Ryan Brown Christians worldwide face increasing danger. Violence is intensifying, government restrictions are tightening, and pressure on Christian communities continues to mount. The newly released 2025 Open Doors World Watch List reveals where believers suffer most severely, and exposes disturbing global trends. Here are six trends in the suffering and human rights abuses being […]

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]]> 3 Ways to Keep the Parables Alive https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2025/03/3-ways-to-keep-the-parables-alive/ Mon, 24 Mar 2025 16:14:15 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1963   By Mike Elms The Parables were one of Jesus’ principal teaching and preaching tools, but 2,000 years later, they are dying. While this is a bold statement, there’s a reason to why this is happening. According to a recent Gallup study, only 44% of Christians in the U.S. regularly attend church. Since 2000, this number has […]

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]]> Was Hitler a Christian? https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2025/02/was-hitler-a-christian/ Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:18:34 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1886 Perhaps the easiest and most direct answer to “Was Hitler a Christian?” would be, “Well if he was, he wasn’t a very good one!” However, a question as provocative as this actually needs some unpacking, and it really opens a theological can of worms. After all, what does it mean to be a Christian? Does […]

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]]> Our Hope is Certain https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2023/10/our-hope-is-certain/ Mon, 30 Oct 2023 16:53:30 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1868 Often, when I hear a biblical word used out of context with modern, cultural meaning attached to it, I think to myself, in the words of Inigo Montoya from “The Princess Bride,” “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” One such word is hope, which today is used much like […]

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]]> A Hail Mary Plea For Reconciliation and Unity https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2022/07/a-hail-mary-plea-for-reconciliation-and-unity/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 14:09:46 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1854 By The Rev. Dr. John T. Mathew The theme of the 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches (August 31 – September 8, 2022 Karlsruhe, Germany) is all about how “Jesus’ love moves the world to reconciliation and unity”. Predictably themes designed for such global events are ornate, even overblown words – here the […]

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]]> True Love Redeems — Purity Culture and the Bride of Christ https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2022/07/true-love-redeems-purity-culture-and-the-bride-of-christ/ Tue, 05 Jul 2022 13:56:28 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1836 By Dayne Batten Christian teaching on sex and relationships is in crisis. Believers on both sides of the evangelical/progressive divide are rapidly reaching the conclusion that the purity movement of the 1990s and early 2000s caused a lot of harm. But this growing rejection of “purity culture” is leaving behind an alarming gap. After all, […]

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]]> Good People Are Being Deceived https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2022/05/good-people-are-being-deceived/ Tue, 31 May 2022 18:19:17 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1830 By James Werning We criticize unfair judicial courts with their biased witnesses, and yet we turn a blind eye to prejudice slander in our news sources. My experience has shown this to be true. For many years I was an outspoken critic of media bias on the other side of the issues, while ignoring my […]

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]]> Happy Birthday to the Global Church: A Kosher Crest for Jesus’ Movement: Flame of Pentecost vs. Cross of a Fallen Empire https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2022/05/happy-birthday-to-the-global-church-a-kosher-crest-for-jesus-movement-flame-of-pentecost-vs-cross-of-a-fallen-empire/ Fri, 27 May 2022 14:55:31 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1812 By Rev. Dr. John T. Mathew The day of Pentecost – commemorated on Sunday, June 5, 2022 – is an anniversary celebration of fun with flashes and flickers of a noise from the sky mindful of a howling wind that filled the whole house where unnerved believers were ready and waiting long ago. What an […]

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]]> People of Faith Need to Practice Meaningful Self-Care Too https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/2022/05/people-of-faith-need-to-practice-meaningful-self-care-too/ Fri, 27 May 2022 14:25:34 +0000 https://www.patheos.com/blogs/christiansingeneral/?p=1800 By Sophia A. Nelson The church is facing a serious mental health and wellness crisis in the United States right now. As we end “Mental Health Awareness Month,” following the horrific shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde Texas, and the gut-wrenching revelations about sex abuse in the Southern Baptist church. I think it’s fair […]

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