Os Guinness Still Challenges Christians to Think
Best-selling British author Os Guinness never planned to be a writer. America helped make him one, with a little help from Switzerland. Since then, hundreds of thousands of readers have turned to the Christian public intellectual to understand both their walk with God and their place in the world. Guinness’s 1998 title The Call, perhaps…
The German Theologian Bringing Protestants and Catholics Together
Eleven American Pentecostal pastors sat nervously with Pope Francis at the Vatican in June 2016. The meeting, arranged by Thomas Schirrmacher, then chair of the theological commission of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA), was an opportunity for the guests to ask the pontiff anything they wanted. Two years earlier, Francis had publicly apologized for past…
A Lebanese Worship Song Called for Peace. Again. And Again.
On a May evening, Claudette El Hajj organized five buses to bring 150 people displaced by the war in Lebanon to a worship night in a hilltop town overlooking Beirut. Many were Christians who had been forced to flee their homes in southern Lebanon due to heavy fighting between Hezbollah and Israel. But at least…
Cut Off from the World, Iran’s Christians Worry, Suffer, and Pray
Surrounded by a crowd of resolute Iranians during a demonstration in London in March, Sasan Tavassoli introduced himself as a pastor to the London-based Iran International reporter covering the events. Tricolor green, white, and red flags fluttered behind him, with the former monarchial yellow Lion and Sun emblem replacing the current central stylized “Allah” of…
An Unsung Iran Peace Initiative Grapples with Failure
Early in the morning on February 28, Ed Martin awoke in his home in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, rolled over in bed to check his phone, and let out a slow sigh. The United States and Israel had attacked Iran. With a sense of resignation, the 78-year-old went to the computer in his bedroom office to learn…
Jan Karon Looks Back on 89 Years of God’s Faithfulness
Roughly 80 years ago, Christian novelist Jan Karon, creator of the beloved 15-volume Mitford Years series, stood in front of a mirror and told herself she would be a writer. Roughly five years ago, the New York Times best-selling author felt like she lost her “reason to live.” Karon, whose books have sold tens of…
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