“Do not love the world or the things in the world.” Those words from 1 John 2:15 are simple, direct, and deeply needed in a time when churches can look faithful on the outside while slowly being shaped by the values around them. For a long time, many evangelical Christians warned that liberal churches had become too much like the…
When I look at many of the challenges we face in America around race and ethnicity, Ephesians 4:18 comes to mind. In simple words, that verse talks about people whose understanding has become darkened, who are separated from the life God wants for them, because their hearts have become hard. That sounds like a spiritual issue, but we see it…
Depravity begins in the heart, but healing begins when truth comes to light. Let us reject hatred, repent sincerely, and walk in the love, justice, and mercy of Jesus. Depravity means corruption. It can describe a corrupt act, a wicked practice, or a condition where evil has taken deep root. We often hear the word connected to things like the depravities…
God created the world with beauty, order, goodness, and purpose. Everything He made was meant to reflect His love, wisdom, and glory (Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:31). People were created to know God, walk with Him, care for His creation, and live in peace with one another (Genesis 1:26–28). But when sin entered the world, it damaged what God had made…
A Deeper Look Every day we see things that make us shake our heads—corruption in politics, hypocrisy in religion, bitterness in racial division, and heartbreaking human suffering all around us. We may be tempted to think the problem is only “out there” in certain leaders, groups, or systems. But the Bible takes us deeper. It says the real problem runs…
How can we live in a country where people made in God’s image are treated like “the other” — as if they are less worthy, less human, or less deserving of dignity? God calls us to do better. No person should be looked down on, pushed aside, or treated as disposable because of where they come from, what they look…
A plainspoken call to face racial injustice, love the stranger, and return to the God who made every person in His image. Theme Verse: “And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth.” — Acts 17:26 America cannot say it honors God while treating people made in God’s image as…
Christian nationalism can be hard to make sense of because it uses the language of Christianity to support ideas and actions that often do not reflect the heart of the gospel. That is what makes it so perplexing. It becomes even more concerning when its beliefs and behavior are placed next to biblical truth. When we compare political ideology with…
This is not merely a difficult moment in our nation’s history—it is a sobering and revealing hour. As I have watched the unrest, confusion, and deepening division unfold over the past several years, I have sensed a growing alarm in my spirit. America is not simply experiencing political turmoil; we are witnessing moral fracture and spiritual erosion. The prophets of…
