C. S. Lewis once defined humility as, “not thinking less of yourself, but thinking of yourself less.” What does humility look like in action? How can we heed the words of the Micah and “walk humbly with God?” How can we keep from maintaining an overly exalted opinion of ourselves in an age of competition, egos, rugged individualism, social media, and self-righteousness? There are three simple phrases that I think we should all learn to use more and more. First of all, we should not be afraid to say, “I WAS WRONG.”......

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Clay Stauffer • From Strength to Strength – Arthur Brooks • What We Wish Were True – Tallu Quinn • The Life We Are Looking For – Andy Crouch • When Jesus Came to Harvard – Harvey Cox • The Story of You – Ian Cron • How to Reach the West Again – Tim Keller   Roy Stauffer • The Stranger in the Lifeboat – Mitch Albom • Never – Ken Follet • Duty and Destiny, the Life and Faith of Churchill – Gary Smith • Aging, Growing Old in Church......

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Twelve years ago, I made the decision to focus my doctoral research on the subject of faith, politics, and polarization? Why? Because I have been concerned for many years that political polarization is a threat to any church trying to bring people together. When you talk to many in the younger generations, gens Y and Z, one of the primary grievances that they have with today’s Christianity is that it has become far too politicized, allowing the polarization of our culture to bleed into the life of the church. Atlanta pastor Andy......

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