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Poisoned Profit and Christian Integrity

Poisoned Profit and Christian Integrity

Generosity is a virtue. It is widely held that Christians with resources have a moral obligation to give away some portion of their bounty, but our moral obligation also extends to how we make our money. We should be concerned with the giving we can do with our money...

Teaching with The Chosen: How Drama Shapes Disciples

Teaching with The Chosen: How Drama Shapes Disciples

Why Teaching with The Chosen is Powerful The Chosen is a television drama series that portrays the life of Jesus through a multiseason, episodic format. Created, directed, and cowritten by Dallas Jenkins, the show presents the story of Jesus in a unique way by deeply...

The Role of Liturgical Catechesis in Christian Formation

The Role of Liturgical Catechesis in Christian Formation

What Is Liturgical Catechesis? Worship is at the heart of Christian existence. The church can be involved in many noble deeds in the world, but “worship is what distinguishes the church as the church.”3 The worshiping church is where we learn who God is, who we are,...

Essential Christianity: Building Faith That Lasts

Essential Christianity: Building Faith That Lasts

One of my secret joys is building LEGO sets with my kids. It doesn’t matter what we’re building, I just enjoy the whole process—the instructions, the endless hunt for those tiny last pieces, the thrill of the finished work. My daughter and I once spent days assembling...

Resisting Manipulation: Biblical Guidance for Leaders

Resisting Manipulation: Biblical Guidance for Leaders

How to Identify and Resist Manipulation A counseling professor once told a woman in one of my husband’s lab groups, “Your tears don’t move me.” His words stunned the group, but the woman stopped crying. “Those are tears of frustration not brokenness.” We may question...

Understanding Church Decline Trends

Understanding Church Decline Trends

The changes in the church have been so rapid that the latest reports are obsolete almost as soon as they have been published, but the overall trends are clear and striking. Church Decline Trends and the Rise of the “Nones” In 1945, 75 percent of American adults were...

In Awe of a God Who Moves

In Awe of a God Who Moves

God can move anywhere into any space. Clean, unclean, secular, sacred, professional, social, and everywhere in between. There is no place that is immune to the presence of God moving through his people. God transforms mundane places into holy places. Chariots, upper...

Creative Destruction: A Path to Church Renewal

Creative Destruction: A Path to Church Renewal

Creative destruction is an act of dying so something new might emerge (Joshua Hayden, Creative Destruction: Towards a Theology of Institutions, 6). But how do we know what needs to die? Understanding Creative Destruction in the Life of the Church Central to our faith...

Prepare for Life’s Storms with Biblical Wisdom and Leadership

Prepare for Life’s Storms with Biblical Wisdom and Leadership

Forecasting the weather isn’t new. Jesus said as much in Matthew 16:3, “And in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.” When we...

Poisoned Profit and Christian Integrity

Poisoned Profit and Christian Integrity

Generosity is a virtue. It is widely held that Christians with resources have a moral obligation to give away some portion of their bounty, but our moral obligation also extends to how we make our money. We should be concerned with the giving we can do with our money...

Teaching with The Chosen: How Drama Shapes Disciples

Teaching with The Chosen: How Drama Shapes Disciples

Why Teaching with The Chosen is Powerful The Chosen is a television drama series that portrays the life of Jesus through a multiseason, episodic format. Created, directed, and cowritten by Dallas Jenkins, the show presents the story of Jesus in a unique way by deeply...

The Role of Liturgical Catechesis in Christian Formation

The Role of Liturgical Catechesis in Christian Formation

What Is Liturgical Catechesis? Worship is at the heart of Christian existence. The church can be involved in many noble deeds in the world, but “worship is what distinguishes the church as the church.”3 The worshiping church is where we learn who God is, who we are,...

Essential Christianity: Building Faith That Lasts

Essential Christianity: Building Faith That Lasts

One of my secret joys is building LEGO sets with my kids. It doesn’t matter what we’re building, I just enjoy the whole process—the instructions, the endless hunt for those tiny last pieces, the thrill of the finished work. My daughter and I once spent days assembling...

Resisting Manipulation: Biblical Guidance for Leaders

Resisting Manipulation: Biblical Guidance for Leaders

How to Identify and Resist Manipulation A counseling professor once told a woman in one of my husband’s lab groups, “Your tears don’t move me.” His words stunned the group, but the woman stopped crying. “Those are tears of frustration not brokenness.” We may question...

Understanding Church Decline Trends

Understanding Church Decline Trends

The changes in the church have been so rapid that the latest reports are obsolete almost as soon as they have been published, but the overall trends are clear and striking. Church Decline Trends and the Rise of the “Nones” In 1945, 75 percent of American adults were...

In Awe of a God Who Moves

In Awe of a God Who Moves

God can move anywhere into any space. Clean, unclean, secular, sacred, professional, social, and everywhere in between. There is no place that is immune to the presence of God moving through his people. God transforms mundane places into holy places. Chariots, upper...

Creative Destruction: A Path to Church Renewal

Creative Destruction: A Path to Church Renewal

Creative destruction is an act of dying so something new might emerge (Joshua Hayden, Creative Destruction: Towards a Theology of Institutions, 6). But how do we know what needs to die? Understanding Creative Destruction in the Life of the Church Central to our faith...

Prepare for Life’s Storms with Biblical Wisdom and Leadership

Prepare for Life’s Storms with Biblical Wisdom and Leadership

Forecasting the weather isn’t new. Jesus said as much in Matthew 16:3, “And in the morning, ‘Today it will be stormy, for the sky is red and overcast.’ You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times.” When we...

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