To quote Billy Joel, Millennials “didn’t start the fire,” as it were, but they have added to it. Millennial suspicion of the visible church is a part of the pattern of suspicion of existing institutions generally. Why should Millennials (and everyone else) value the visible church?

No tree thrives in an urban environment. No tree is at home in the middle of an utterly human landscape. At best a tree can hope to survive. A select few defy the odds and reveal to us bittersweet glimpses of their true nobility. They are the exception, not the norm. A city is no place for a tree. And here's why your city-soul ultimately longs for God.

Have you known Christians who found themselves in the midst of suffering and felt like it gave them a license to sin? When the storms of life hit, here are three good things to remember to keep your focus on God's goal for you.

Kickstart the new year by adding these key books on the Christian faith to your 2018 reading list.

With last week's passage of an amendment to redefine marriage in Australia in favor of same-sex couples, the country's pastors are now faced with the decision of whether to resign their status as authorised celebrants of the novel Marriage Act. Tasmanian pastor Campbell Markham mailed the following letter to Australia's Attorney General on the same day the Governor General signed into law the country's redefinition of marriage.

We have been told that divorce doesn’t matter, that sex outside of marriage is harmless, that pornography is harmless, that children don’t need their mums and dads, and that gender is fluid. And so there has never been a better time to be a Christian—because we have the Bible. We have the Word of God, a bright light in the darkness.