This has been our best year at So We Speak. We've added writers, editors, readers, and we've published some fantastic writing. Here are o...

In modern social and economic discussion, the legacy of Karl Marx (1818-1883) still looms large. For the progressive, Marx is the forefat...

I've come to appreciate the voice and work of Jemar Tisby. While he and I would not agree on every point of our culture's recent social a...

“Like the potter and the clay.” It is a metaphor as common in Christian speech as almost any other. It is derived from this little scene ...

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly w...

Prudence is a term reflective of discernment. It is a cousin of wisdom but not its twin. Prudence is often listed as the first of the vir...

In 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon sieged and would ultimately sack the city of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 32:1-3). During the siege, Jeremiah...

We don't use the word "temperance" much anymore. In the pastoral epistles, temperance (or “self-control”) is a chief virtue. Every man an...

Courage (or fortitude) is easy to admire, just as cowardice is easy to despise. Even in a morally reversed culture, bravery remains a che...

James criticizes his audience for having only the faith of demons. “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and...

Take a look at this fascinating segment on TNT's Inside the NBA. It has some mildly offensive language, for which I apologize. The discus...

Americans value nothing more than freedom. The concept stands enshrined in our founding documents and our hearts. But as a civilization, ...

Quite often in the gospels, Jesus gives what seem to be difficult or evasive answers to ordinary questions. They make you scratch your he...

Every person makes ethical choices, and they do so using an ethical model they have either intentionally chosen or thoughtlessly inherite...

I use big words in sermons. Sometimes I even use them correctly. I also talk about philosophical concepts and theological principles. I d...

Faith and science. This is one of the toughest relationships to navigate in the modern world. How should Christians who want to do scienc...

Underlying the Church & State debate and more broadly the question of Christian political theory is a fundamental question of definitions...

What are the Christian expectations for government? What does Christian doctrine assert regarding out political and social leaders? In my...

Do a quick survey of books and sermons in the last few decades, and you will quickly notice a fascination with the word "radical." To pro...

There is nothing I like more than a good comparison. Whether framed as metaphors, similes, or a good ol' parable, comparisons are essenti...