Actress Jessica Alba Rejects Hell and God's Judgment

The magazine Vanity Fair recently (December 2015) published an article on the actress Jessica Alba, which had the following paragraph on Alba's faith ...

Study Reveals Our 'Bias Blind Spots'

A study by a couple of researchers at the University of Toronto and at James Madison University in Virginia proved something that we may already know. ...

We Pretend To Be Busier Than We Are

An article on Quartz begins, "In an era of limitless technology and information, life can feel at once empowering and overwhelming—especially in ...

Actor Bill Murray: 'We're not that Wonderful'

In a 2014 interview, the actor Bill Murray was asked about his then current eligible bachelor status. (Murray went through a painful divorce in 2009.) ...

Christians Belong to "The League of the Guilty"

So of all things, Christianity isn't supposed to be about gathering up the good people (shiny! happy! squeaky clean!) and excluding the bad people ...

Animal Farm as a Parable about Blaming Others

George Orwell's famous novel Animal Farm provides a parable about how we often treat each other in Christian community, families, and work settings. ...

We're All One Step from Being 'Those People'

Sociologist Brene Brown's TED talk "The Power of Vulnerability" has garnered over millions of hits. For good reason: we are hungry for the ...

Judging Others is One of Our Favorite Activities

Like most of us, John Burke (pastor of Gateway Church in Austin, Texas) assumed that he was not a judgmental person. But just in case he was wrong, he ...

Tim Keller on the Dangers of "Self-Esteem Résumés"

Editor's Note: This illustration could easily be adapted based on details from your own life.

Tim Keller writes in, “The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness”: ...

Michael Scott (The Office) Can't See His Weaknesses

Background: Michael Scott (played by Steve Carell) is the obnoxious manager on the hit TV show The Office. Michael, the manager of Dunder Mifflin's ...