“Do you believe in God?” Most Americans still say “yes,” but studies have shown that the question is quite complicated and the answers pollers get depend on two things: how they ask it and how people interpret the word  “believe.” Read more…

Most Christians know the song “Jesus loves me this I know…” from Sunday school. In fact, most consider the idea of God’s love for people so basic that they assume “everyone knows.” But do they really? I thought about this Read more…

In the movie Evan Almighty, Steve Carrell plays Evan Baxter, a new junior United States congressman whose life is upended by an unexpected visit from God. When God asks him to build an ark, Evan is understandably (and hilariously) disturbed. Read more…

Is my faith real? All Christians have probably asked this question at one point or another along their journey. I’ve sometimes wondered just how thin the line is between faith and wishful thinking, and I imagine that Abraham, being human, Read more…

Happy new year, everyone! Many of us have set goals for the year—losing weight, completing long-overdue projects, getting better jobs, decluttering our lives, reading the entire Bible, and so on. One of mine is doing a serious Bible study on Read more…