According to a recent study of animated movies, researchers found that characters in cartoons and animated movies are 2.5 times more likely to die than those found in adult dramas. Many of those victims—f...

Statistically, the country is growing more secular with youth far more likely not to affiliate with any given religion or church than their parents or grandparents. However, those superficial facts and figures ...

I recently had a very interesting lunch with a defense attorney who told me something that reminded me of just how powerful the choices we make really are. Specifically, his words drove home the point that what...

The Hunger Games phenomenon has swept the adolescent world by storm. I could give statistics on book, movie and merchandise sales, but the evidence is all around us. I don't know how many middle school g...

This article originally appeared in print journal November/December 2002.Seminary students typically take a series of courses on exegesis—telling them how to study, interpret, and teach the Bible. But whe...

This article originally appeared in print journal July/August 2002.Specialization is one of the main characteristics of both our age and some of our best-known churches. Many big congregations have specialized ...

This article originally appeared in print journal May/June 2002.Messages of hope and redemption took center stage at this year's Grammy Awards telecast, which featured performances by U2, gospel musicians, and ...

This article originally appeared in print journal March/April 2002.About once a year, the folks at Fuller Theological Seminary take temporary leave of their senses and ask me to teach a class called A Christ...

This article originally appeared in print journal Sept./Oct. 2001.Few of us were up watching TV after midnight, August 1, 1981, to witness the debut of a newfangled cable channel called MTV, but before long mos...

This article originally appeared in print journal May/June 2001.Thanks to February's Grammy Awards hoopla, thousands of Americans are now finally aware that all those young people talking excitedly about Eminem...