Cultural differences are everywhere. Understanding these differences is now a basic life skill for all of us, not just for missionaries or world travelers. This book offers a brief, critical overview ...

The world is becoming increasingly proficient at telling stories that deny God. But does anyone really notice? It would seem so. A recent Pew Research study found that a large percentage (80%) of U.S.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Institute for Faith and Culture (IFC) announced today the results of a new study it commissioned with Lifeway Research. According to the survey–which was ...

The relationship between Muslims and Christians can be highlighted in distinct ways. One promotes animosity and plants hatred and fear, drawing on historical negative exceptions. The more optimistic ...

In the scramble to understand the numerous cultural currents that are constantly running through the United States, one of the most instructive ideas to emerge in recent years has come from political ...

What if society’s laws were based on Biblical principles rather than secular ones? This is the vision of Christian Reconstructionists, a movement that seeks to reshape society using a literal ...

Aaron Renn outlines individual, institutional, and missional strategies for adapting to a hostile culture. Rarely does an essay cause such a stir as Aaron Renn’s “The Three Worlds of Evangelicalism.” ...

The "Four Horsemen" of modern atheism—authors famed in the 1990s and early 2000s for their acerbic attacks on the existence of God and the value of religion—have mostly ridden out of sight. Social ...

As the city goes, so goes the culture. His speaking style is disarmingly low-key, almost professorial, but only the rarest professors make every word count the way Tim Keller does. For 16 years, he ...

Pastor Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel Chino Hills in California called out Christians who don’t vote as disobedient to God’s will; as shirkers of their biblically based responsibilities and callings; as ...

Critics often argue that much of what Christians think of as biblical truth and morality are inventions of late 20th century American conservatism. So, Christian sexual ethics are products of 1990s ...

A few years ago I (David Smith) was in New Zealand leading a workshop for teachers. The topics I was addressing included intercultural learning. The first morning seemed to go well, but as the session ...