Faith
Scripture, ministry, and the everyday work of the spiritual life.
You Won't Believe How Often Early Christians Met
The earliest church gathered every single day, not once a week. Here is what that actually looked like and why the daily rhythm still has...
The Kind of Prayer the Bible Spends the Most Time On
Most people assume the Psalms are mostly praise. In fact the single largest group is lament, the prayer of honest complaint, and learning...
You Won't Believe How Often Scripture Says Do Not Fear
The Sunday school slogan says 365 times. The real count is lower, but the pattern is more useful than the number.
Why Did Jesus Keep Slipping Away to Pray Alone?
The Gospels keep showing the busiest man in the story stepping away from the crowd to be alone with God. That habit was not an accident,...
The One Mistake Most Christians Make in Prayer
Most prayer lives stay shallow because people forget that prayer was never meant to be a one-way conversation. The fix takes two minutes...
Why Does Prayer Sometimes Feel One-Sided?
Almost everyone who prays runs into long stretches of silence, and how you read that silence shapes whether you keep going.
What Does the Bible Really Mean by Be Still?
The verse gets quoted on coffee mugs and calm playlists, but the original meaning is sharper and more demanding than the soft version we...
Quiet Time Was Never Meant to Be Daily
The daily quiet time is a 20th century invention. The church has prayed in rhythms for two thousand years and most of them were not solo or...
Nobody Is Telling You Why Your Quiet Time Feels Dead
The modern quiet time tradition is younger than most Christians realize. The silence about its limits is part of why so many believers...
3 Questions to Ask Before You Join a Church
Choosing a church is one of the most important decisions a believer makes. These three questions cut through the noise.
Why Does Silence Make Prayer So Uncomfortable?
Most of us fill prayer with words because the quiet feels unbearable. The discomfort itself might be the point worth sitting with.
Nobody Is Telling You Online Sermons Are Not Church
Streaming the best preaching in the world is not the same as belonging to a body of believers, and the difference matters more than most...
209 Congregations Are Studying America's Founding Documents. Here's Why It Matters.
The Faith250 initiative is bringing together Christian, Jewish, and Muslim communities to read the founding texts before the country's...
Young Men Are Quietly Walking Back Into Church and Nobody Saw It Coming
The conversation about faith and young adults has focused for years on who is leaving. What is getting less attention is a measurable shift...
A New Prophet, Two New Apostles, and a Conference Centered on Family
The LDS Church's April 2026 General Conference installed Dallin H. Oaks as the 18th Prophet and President, called two new Apostles, and...
What the Bible Actually Says About Money, Enough, and the Trap of Always Wanting More
The prosperity gospel gets most of the attention, but scripture has a far more demanding and more honest conversation about wealth,...
Lifeway Research Just Released Nine Encouraging Trends for Global Christianity in 2026 and the Church Should Take Them Seriously
More than 2.6 billion people identify as Christian worldwide. Bible sales are up 41 percent since 2022. YouVersion recorded its highest...
The House Church Movement Is Growing Faster Than Most Pastors Realize
More believers are forming small, homebound congregations without leaving their existing churches. The pattern is quiet, intentional, and...
Young Men Are Leading the Return to Faith. The Data Is Hard to Ignore.
For the first time in 25 years, young men are more religiously active than young women in the United States. New Gallup data breaks down...
Nobody Is Telling You How Pastors Actually Burn Out
Pastor burnout rarely looks like a public collapse. It builds quietly through structural pressures most congregations never see, and the...
Over 13,000 Adults Were Baptized at Easter in France and It Signals Something Bigger
More than 13,200 adults and 8,100 adolescents were baptized during the Easter Vigil in France this year, and the numbers point to a...
8 Spiritual Disciplines That Outlast Crisis
When life enters crisis (illness, grief, financial collapse, marriage failure), most spiritual practices collapse with it. Eight specific...
Apologetics Is Making a Comeback, and Gen Z Is Driving It
A generation raised on skepticism is now asking the hardest questions about the Bible and getting serious answers. Apologetics content is...
Intergenerational Churches Are Becoming the Quiet Answer to Everything Christians Are Fighting About
Age-segregated church is showing its limits. The churches formally structuring adults and kids and teenagers to worship together are seeing...