5 Questions for Church Leaders to Ask About Generative AI
With the rise of generative AI, are we closer to Clippy, your old animated friend from Microsoft Office 97—or to the Terminator? Are we closer to Buzz Lightyear or to […]
Renew Review: ‘The Anxious Generation’ by Jonathan Haidt
In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt describes how GenZ is overprotected in the real world—and underprotected in the virtual world. Professor Chad Ragsdale explores Haidt’s thesis and describes […]
6 Reasons to Get Humble
What’s so great about humility? Surely, there are virtues which are more fun to get. So, what makes humility worth cultivating? Here are a few reasons to get humble: #1 […]
Flip the Script in Disciple Making
Let’s imagine that India and China go to war. Let’s pray they never do, but for the sake of this illustration, the two largest nations in the world are revving […]
Jesus and the Buddha: What Was Their Diagnosis of Humanity’s Problem?
According to Jesus and the Buddha, what is fundamentally wrong with humanity? As we will see, Siddhartha Gautama’s diagnosis of humanity undercuts the human problem by changing our perspective about […]
A Place To Belong: Church as the Catalyst for True Religion
“God sets the lonely in families.” —Psalm 68:6a, NIV In 2013, The New York Times ran an article about a former Methodist minister looking for a fulfilling life after giving […]
No Laughing Matters: Why We Ought to Laugh
Hopefully we can agree that we’re anxious, worried, and preoccupied with worst-case scenarios that are unlikely to materialize. We are told we are in an existential crisis, journeying in uncharted […]
What Does the Bible Say About Heaven?
Christians long for our eternal home in heaven. When we look at the scene of the final judgment in Revelation, we notice that the most important consideration that will determine […]