Dr. James Emery White Christian News Articles

The Monday after Easter (2023)

Monday, April 10, 2023

This is for all the church planters and their volunteers on post-Easter Monday, struggling to make it from week-to-week, and for the leaders and members of established churches that are anything but “mega”—well below the 200 threshold in terms of average attendance.

“Good” Friday (2023)

Thursday, April 6, 2023

The amazing thing about Good Friday is that it was – and is – part of the “good” declared by God at creation. “God saw all that he had made, and it was very good” (Genesis 1:31, NIV). The Fall was not good; sin, disobedience and suffering are not good. But God’s purpose in creation and the redemptive drama that ensued were – and are – good.

Holy Week… So What? (2023)

Monday, April 3, 2023

This past weekend has been known as Palm Sunday weekend. So what? It’s a fair question.

The Great Evangelical Disaster

Thursday, March 30, 2023

In 1984, Francis Schaeffer wrote a book titled The Great Evangelical Disaster. As someone who appreciated Schaeffer’s earlier work, particularly his seminal Escape from Reason, it was a jolting shift from cultural critique to cultural confrontation with clear political overtones.

The Brave New World of 1984

Monday, March 27, 2023

If there are two visions of a dystopian future that continue to present themselves to our modern imaginations, they would be those put forward by George Orwell in his 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four (or just 1984), and Aldous Huxley in his 1932 novel Brave New World.

March Madness and America’s Religious Hunger

Thursday, March 23, 2023

“March Madness” is now upon us and, as usual, I filled out my bracket (even though my beloved Tar Heels missed this year’s cut). Yet for many, this isn’t about sports. It’s about religion.

Warning: Spells are Spells

Monday, March 20, 2023

Witch and astrologer Aerin Fogel, an on-set adviser for The Craft: Legacy, told RNS that beyond authenticity, consultants are there to provide safety. “Magic is functional whether or not the people practicing it are using it functionally.”

May We All be Irish (2023)

Thursday, March 16, 2023

The legends surrounding Patrick are… well, legendary. What is most apparent is that Patrick looked for ways to connect the message of Christ to a pagan, but supernaturalized, world. In doing so, he imaginatively put himself in the position of the Irish.

Freudenfreude

Monday, March 13, 2023

Envy doesn’t stop at wanting what another person has or striving to get someone else to want what we have. It goes on to breed dislike, even hatred, toward the one who possesses what we desire. This is captured in the word itself, which is drawn from the Latin invidia, which means “to look maliciously upon.” The Greek term, as used in the New Testament, literally refers to having an “evil eye.”

The Importance of Affirming Online Engagement

Thursday, March 9, 2023

There’s no going back from the necessary online engagement that was accelerated during the pandemic. It’s not about whether churches should be in person or online; they should be both.