Why We Must Be Bible People
So before you get into God’s word, remember that becoming Bible-literate is not about being smarter, or beefing up your spiritual resumé, or lording your knowledge over others. It’s about looking through the pages to the Savior on the other side...
Think of Me, Lord, That’s All
I don’t know another holiday that insights such polar reactions from people other than Valentine’s Day.
Conversations on Race
The presence of loaded words, misunderstood intentions, history, and personal experience lead many to simply retreat in fear or walk in anger.
A Holiday Posture
The months of November and December bring about a common thread of busyness in most peoples lives. But- what if we were just as good at creating time to actually absorb the season of Thanksgiving and Christmas and not just rush through it?
Death. Burial. Resurrection.
Perhaps that what we do. We keep going to church. We keep being the church. We keep loving and leading the lost from death to life.
Do You See Me?
Gently, his little fingers moved my phone out of my hands and replaced them with his face. He wanted me to view HIM as more important.
Playing Church
Being new has its perks and its difficulties. I spent the last eighteen years of my life in my previous context where I devoted time, energy, resources, tears, sweat, name memorization, prayers, and so much more to a church family. Now, I restart.
Never Give Up
Although it may be a joy and privilege, the pursuit of a racially diverse church is anything but easy.
What To Do When You Don’t Like What The Bible Says
The Bible is God’s Word and confronts every culture and person at different points of our brokenness and sin. So what should we do when we come up against those passages and parts of the Bible that just seem to be hard for us to embrace?
Four Ways Community Connects Our Head and Heart
Most of us know what it means to feel a disconnect between what we believe and how we feel. Could it be that this is really a cry for community—a place where we can be the whole people God intended us to be?
Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage
Because marriage, divorce, and remarriage touch all of our lives, we need to think this issue through....We have to be able to both comfort with the grace of God and confront with the truth of God.