(Guest Blogger: Dave Trout.  Dave is the host of the nationally syndicated program ‘Under the Radar’ which features the best in under-appreciated Christian music.  He also writes a weekly column called ‘The Gourmet Music Report.’  In this post, he’s taking a little break from music to talk about culture.)
Should a pastor friend of mine have [...]

ChurchRelevance.com recently posted some research coming from Ken Ham’s new book Already Gone that takes a look at trends that suggest Sunday school is failing at making long term disciples.
The findings focus on 20 to 29-year-old evangelicals.  Around 95% of those surveyed regularly attended church in elementary and middle schools.  As other research has shown, [...]

We recently had a poll roundup on worshiping during the summer months or while on vacation.
It might be a more interesting conversation to talk about WHY or WHY NOT we choose to attend corporate worship during our more leisurely weeks.
In my youth, my family always sought out a local church or service when on vacation. [...]

I was hoping to see how a Christian family is working though tough marital times.  Instead, it was a sad look into how fame can corrupt a family of eight.
“Jon & Kate Plus 8” kicked off its fifth season Monday night.  For those who watch the show there was much anticipation about how the family [...]

Last Sunday my regular Sunday school class was looking kind of slim; it was mothers day and the university graduation had happened the day before, meaning many students had skipped town already. Instead of doing our usual formal study, we sat around a table with coffee and engaged in some non-directed chatter.  We talked as [...]

(Caryn Dahlstrand Rivadeneira is a guest blogger to Think Christian.  She’s the author of the book Mama’s Got a Fake I.D.)
After church last week, “Pastor Gregg” (which is his actual name, but I thought for some reason it would be funny to make it seem sketchy) asked me if I had any wisdom to impart as he prepared his Mother’s Day sermon [...]

A few months ago I published an article about singles in the church in The Banner (the denominational magazine of the Christian Reformed Church in North America).  I was glad after its publication to hear that my thoughts resonated with the experience of other singles, and now I’m writing some further thoughts about that article.
When [...]

For almost sixty years, we’ve published a daily devotional booklet, first called The Family Altar and then Today. And we print hundreds of thousands of them every two months. Many on our mailing list receive the Today in bulk, for redistribution in their own congregations and neighborhoods.
Lately though, because of the economic downturn, we decided [...]

It’s Friday, it’s almost Christmas, and (at least in my part of the country) a truly epic amount of snow is promising to trap us indoors all weekend. In other words, it’s a perfect time for a bit of idle musing: Why do religious people have more children than their non-religious counterparts?
Does religion run in [...]

In a sermon to the students of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary earlier this month, Dr. Thomas White said taking birth control pills is a “sin” and “murder,” according to a report on the WFAA TV website. The crux of his argument is that “although the pill is supposed to work by preventing the release of [...]