In this episode, hosts Jim Davis and Justin Holcomb welcome Ligon Duncan in the first of a two-part discussion of the history of black people in America. Duncan begins with the onset of chattel slavery in 1619 and carries us all the way to the […]
Trevin Wax drills down on his idea of multi-directional leadership and how it relates to our national conversation on race and justice. He helps us understand some of the dangers on either side of the political spectrum on this topic as well as the relative […]
This post was written by Jim and Angela Davis and Justin and Lindsey Holcomb. Sex is one the most important topics of conversation parents get to have with their children. But it can sure feel intimidating. How do we bring it up? When do we […]
Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre accurately describes shame as “a hemorrhage of the soul,” that is, a painful, unexpected, and disorienting experience. It is often linked to some painful incident—sin that has been done to us rather than by us. Shame has the power to steal our […]
Know the Heretics Chapter 7 – “Arius: Jesus Is a Lesser God” Leader’s Guide Know the Creeds and Councils Chapter 1 – “Apostles’ Creed” Leader’s Guide Is It My Fault?: Hope and Healing for Those Suffering Domestic Violence Chapter 2 – “Am I in an […]
Recent quarantining due to the COVID-19 pandemic leaves many people vulnerable to suffering abuse when isolated in a dangerous situation at home. Many abuse survivor advocates and professionals are expecting that child abuse, intimate partner abuse, and sexual assault will increase during the pandemic because […]
This is my address at the 2019 Caring Well Conference on the work of Christ and the effects of abuse. For more on this, check out Rid of My Disgrace and Is It My Fault?.
In What is a Girl Worth?, Rachel Denhollander exposes the truth about her perpetrator, Larry Nassar, and the institution that covered it up, USA Gymnastic. While it takes lots of courage, strength, and vulnerability for a survivor to tell their story of sexual assault, it […]
This article originally appeared in Christianity Today (October 2016). A group of bloggers seeking reform in Southern Baptist circles recently decried pastor Rick Warren for teaching that God communicates to believers via dreams. The bloggers named Warren and other speakers at a 2015 Hillsong conference “heretical preachers that […]
In Know the Creeds and Councils, I introduce the church’s most important statements of faith over the centuries and explain why those statements still matter today.