by Dr. Nate Brooks
The doctrine of the image of God in man, or the imago dei, is the prized jewel of contemporary Christian engagement on matters involving the human person. Christians protest abortion because it destroys an unborn human being made in God’s image. Euthanasia is likewise...
by John Talley III
Meet Charles Albert Tindley When you combine the elements of being born to slave parents and working as a janitor, preacher, pastor, and song/hymn writer, what do you get? Admittedly, at first glance you may ask how all these titles fit together. How does a janitor...
by James Eglinton
Although it has largely been forgotten in the century since his death, the great Dutch Reformed theologian Herman Bavinck (1854–1921) was a prominent Christian voice against racism in America in his own day and age. Following a journey to North America in 1908, he...
by Garrett Kell
Why I can’t quit the race conversation, even if I wanted to. This has been a hard few years for the church and the race conversation among Christians. One pastor in his 70s recently shared that he hasn’t seen our nation and the Church this divided since the 1960s....
by Austin Suter
Part of my job as editor of this ministry is research. Lately I have been reading hundreds of pages cataloguing racial injustice among God’s people. This history has been deeply discouraging to me. It’s not like it is new information. Slavery, reconstruction, Jim...
by Gavin Ortlund
Race & Trauma Several years ago my wife and I went through a painful and traumatizing experience in our ministry, and it took me a long time to begin to bounce back. For years afterwards I struggled with depression. In fact, it took me about 3 years, I’d say, even...
