Tell me what you mean by `Evangelical,’ and I’ll tell you if I am one. When we enter a conversation with different meanings for the same word, we will inevitably draw different conclusions. Whether you consider yourself an evangelical Christian, a follower of Jesus, or simply someone with a Christian identity, how do we get from…

In the past, there was a Christian current that merely flowed along in our culture. To be an American, to a large degree, meant you were a Christian. Those days are long gone. Today, being a Christian means you’re…

When God’s grace shows up in a world of cause-effect, we are tempted to reject God outright as mythical or illogical, or we struggle with lingering guilt and shame as God’s grace seems too simple, so therefore it can’t be really true. Or can it?