My clever high school English teacher scuffed up my shiny evangelical faith with his unnerving questions. He had once been a Christian and he seemed to think his calling included helping others become ex-Christians as well. So I asked my dad for help, and he pulled off his shelf a couple of books suited to my age and situation: Paul Little's Know What You Believe and Know Why You Believe . (Mr. Little thus set out an admirable model for all preachers, professors, and parents

A truly alarming article produced on the Worship Leaders Research page reports that "Worship Leaders Are 8.5x Less Likely to Report Excellent Mental Health than U.S. Adults." The subtitle punches equally hard: "And Nearly 9 in 10 Are Getting No Help at All." I have enjoyed reports by this team before—including friends Dr. Mike Tapper and Rev. Marc Jolicoeur. They're serious people and their research seems sound. Among the most striking of their findings is that the youngest

"The prophetic stance" is Glenn Tinder's challenging phrase for how every Christian ought to hesitate before speaking or otherwise acting. Prophets wait to listen to God so that they say what God wants them to say. Wise Christians wait for the Holy Spirit's prompting so that they do what Jesus wants them to do. Here is a checklist of questions for considering how to act as God's agent. Positively What does Jesus want here? How can I team up with the Holy Spirit to advance Go