Christian Living

“Dockery told trustees at the October meeting about plans to reduce the operational and personnel budget by around $3.6 million, with Dockery saying that some of their financial challenges ‘reflect multi-faceted matters covering a number of years.’” - CPost

“Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, welcomed more than 130,000 students for the first time this fall through its residential and online programs. The campus had a record-breaking 15,800 students” - CPost

“What I am asking is if the concept of ‘separation from the world’ … has meaning anymore—among doctrinally conservative, spiritually evangelical Protestant Christians. Are there really no boundaries of behavior? If so, why do I almost never hear about them?” - Roger Olson

“It’s easy to see who puts more effort into their Halloween candy, and Christians can be intentional in creating memorable tables and gift bags with Scripture, gospel tracts, or invites to church interspersed among Twix bars and Starbursts.” - World

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“This verse should be our guidebook not just to what we consume on social media but to what things we post and how we interact with others’ posts.” - TGC

“Non-Christians can and do have genuine and good contributions to make to our discourse and overall flourishing. Of course, Christians do as well. But we are all susceptible to muddled thinking, wrong choices, and inordinate feelings” - Ken Brown

“Calvin occupies a more center-left position among evangelical colleges. While it forbids premarital sex and defines marriage as between a man and a woman, it allows a support group for LGBTQ students on campus” - RNS

“Proximity and participation matter. Every job requires us to work in the presence of sin. The goal of the Christian life is not to remain in complete isolation from anyone who has ever disobeyed the commands of Scripture.” - TGC

“my colleague Shane Morris had a fascinating discussion on the Colson Center’s Upstream podcast … about Christian mockery, using the writings of 17th-century mathematician and Christian apologist, Blaise Pascal.” - Breakpoint

“Across dozens of scientific studies in diverse contexts, the physical and mental health benefits of forgiveness have been validated.” - RNS