Chris Townsend

Most Christians are probably familiar with the “5 love languages,” made popular by the 1995 Gary Chapman book of the same name. If you are not, here are the five: Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, Physical Touch. Sounds great. So, what’s missing? Although The 5 Love Languages was written over …

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Rethink Relationships Did you know that one of the top reasons youth stay in church as they become adults is that they have a relationship with someone of the older generation? This phenomenon is not exclusive to Christianity. We see the same thing in business, gangs and many other communities. Humans are relational beings. While our culture …

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One of the emotionally strongest arguments against the existence of God is known as the problem of evil. In fact, one of my students told me it made an appearance in the latest Batman vs. Superman movie in the form of an atheistic apologetic. In short, the problem of evil concludes that an all-loving God …

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We don’t have a perfect marriage. We are not coming at this thing from some arrival point. We are humbled by the magnitude and often difficulty of marriage. Nevertheless, we have found some things that work, so we wanted to share them with you. The list is not exhaustive, but we hope that it blesses you …

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David, the King Israel, a man after God’s own heart, had sinned greatly. He had an affair with his friend’s wife and got her pregnant. As if this was not bad enough, David sent his friend into a deadly battle so that the man would die and the pregnancy would be hidden. God, through the prophet Nathan, …

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Don’t get me wrong. I love musical worship. It’s been integral to my life with Jesus. I think it is necessary. Note: I address this later. American Christianity, and likely the church beyond American borders, has suffered a major ideological blow—the confusion of worship and music. Most church leaders would probably acknowledge that worship is …

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Every day people from around the world message me with questions about life, theology, God and more. Inevitably, the No. 1 question I get is, “Chris, why did you become a Christian?” This is usually followed by some derivation of the following statement: “… because my son (daughter, mother, father, friend, co-worker and so on) …

Ex-Atheist Shares 3 Ways to Win Unbelievers to Christ Read More »

Allow me to preface this by empathizing with those who have been hurt by, disappointed in or even rejected from the church. I was an agnostic/atheist for 26 years of my life. Even after I got saved, I went nearly a year without going to a Sunday church service (granted, I was also in seminary …

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