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February 16, 2021 The iTunes rating system has never really worked. When you view an album in Apple Music, a star appears next to its most listened to tracks, meant to signify the best songs on the album. Usually, though, the first two or three tracks are starred, regardless of their quality, because with infinite music streaming, we listen to the first few tracks on an album, quickly grow restless, whether we like them or not, and then go searching for something else. There is so much content to listen to — and so little time to listen to it all — we don’t listen to our music all th...

IVP Launches a Children’s Imprint By Cathy Lynn Grossman | Feb 16, 2021 Christian publisher InterVarsity Press is launching a new imprint, IVP Kids, with its first titles set to be released in October. Publisher Jeff Crosby said in a release, “We seek to share with children content regarding things that matter deeply to God.” IVP associate publisher and editorial director Cindy Bunch said that IVP Kids, with five or six titles per year planned, will bring out “books that help children begin to live their lives with Christ, learning spiritual practices [and] b...

Heather L. Hart Jesus Saves: More Than Words The United States is not a Christian nation. It is a nation with Christians. Expressing the Christian faith has been problematic in our history. This history includes both the affirmation and abolition of slavery. It includes the freedom of conscience and manifest destiny. It includes peaceful marches and non-disclosure agreements. And now, as of January 6, 2021, it includes signs at the political rally leading to the riot storming the Capitol building that read “Jesus Saves.”[1] The truth that “Jesus Saves” is foundational to all Christian...

February 8, 2021 The undervaluing of Black men who are seeking redemption hurts. Our culture rails on those in prison, doesn’t encourage those who seek to rehabilitate themselves, doesn’t take history into account and is cavalier toward those shouldering centuries’ worth of these unaddressed wounds. Rogue religious groups and gangs provide stronger community, a clear hierarchy and a more consistent and supportive affirmation for a Black male than many people realize. Strongholds didn’t start at our birth, and they certainly are not undone because of college degrees and successful car...

February 5, 2021 Social justice demands a focus on society’s problems, a necessary concern that conservative Christians have disregarded for centuries. As Spirit-filled, Bible-believing theologian Kenneth Archer puts it, “Social justice is the Spirit’s cry for the poor and the marginalized, for creation polluted and in decay and for the victimizers and victims. Healing is found in relationship with Christ and his communities and in just societies.” Throughout the Gospels, Jesus demonstrates love, showing his followers that true love is attending to the needs of others. For instance, ...