One of the common themes in fiction is the future. There are entire genres built around “what if” scenarios, imagining what could happen, with visions of peaceful utopias, where everyone lives in harmony, or dystopian nightmares where everything is pretty much the worst. And while our imaginary futures are fascinating, God has given us a glimpse of what is...

When we see everything that’s wrong in the world, how should Christians respond? There are a lot of questions about how Christians respond to different social concerns or if we should at all. So let’s take a look and see what the Bible can tell us. Because we want to make the will of Christ known in our lives...

What do Christians believe about relationships—specifically families? What’s their purpose? Why do they matter? For that matter, what is a family? These are important questions being wrestled with in our culture. So let’s find out what the Bible has to say. God intends the family to serve as the foundational institution of human society and a unique expression of...

The Christian faith doesn’t have a large number of formal rituals, but it does have two that are considered essential in the life of the believer. One of those is baptism. But what is it? Let’s find out together. While denominations and traditions may have different nuances to how and when they choose to baptize, Christian baptism is shown...

One of the most common ways that we speak of the church is as a place or an event. It is somewhere to go to. But of all the ways that the Bible describes the church, this isn’t one of them. Instead, the Bible describes the church as something much more important. Virtually every time the Bible uses the...

When we read the Bible, we frequently see the term “world” appear in a few different ways. So what in the world does the Bible mean when it uses the word world? Let’s find out together. There are three common ways the term “world” is used in Scripture. The first is, naturally, to refer to the physical world itself....