Christians believe everything we think and do ultimately should be centered on Jesus. Doesn’t it follow then that if Jesus never talked about something, we should assume either he was OK with it, or at least he didn’t care too much about it? Voices columnist Joshua Sharp takes a closer look at this perspective.

In April 1994, I embarked on a journey to the United States. I left behind my wife, my two children, my large extended family and the town where I was born. I still remember every single mile I traveled through Mexico and the United States while undocumented.

A Rwandan woman, miraculously saved, shares forgiveness and the Lord’s Supper with those unlike her.

The season of scary things is upon us. People are decorating their yards with frightening symbols and coming to ring our doorbells and deliver spooky messages.

Ross Shelton wonders what happened to one of his forgotten predecessors and comes up with wise counsel for himself and other pastors.

When I think about my soul, what comes to mind are songs like “It Is Well with My Soul” and verses like 3 John 2: “Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually]” (Amplified Bible).

What you say to your family, friends and acquaintances online and in your everyday life matters. Your words can tear down or build up, give life or destroy, point others to Jesus where grace and truth meet or lead others away from Jesus.

I ask you, which of the three who stopped was a neighbor?

Jack Wyman shares a humorous and profound lesson he learned while trying to close the trunk on a rental car.

Throughout Scripture, God calls on us to speak up for the oppressed, to treat others how we wanted to be treated, to love our neighbors as ourselves, to be kind, to love mercy and to walk humbly with God. What if we practiced these commands when it comes to racial justice?

The ways of sin, over time, are incredibly clever. When unexamined, sin seams into our world and becomes seen as simply “the way things are.”

I had no idea two years ago that a conversation on a Tuesday afternoon would turn into an avenue for blessing.