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Listening to God’s Voice: Rediscovering Your Identity

Listening to God’s Voice: Rediscovering Your Identity

So often we try to find the plan for our lives based on those around us. We listen to what others say about us or the way the world defines us. We try to measure up to other people’s standards. We even look at people we think are successful in this world and then...

Living Out Faith Beyond Boundaries

Living Out Faith Beyond Boundaries

“I'm on a mission to end missions.” This was the wild proclamation I found myself scribbling down during what some might call a “burnout” or crisis of faith. After devoting more than half my life to Christian humanitarian work around the globe, I was exhausted and...

Liturgy in Worship: Rediscovering Depth

Liturgy in Worship: Rediscovering Depth

EACH WEEK, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of Christians all over the world go to church. There are some constants. In almost every church, Christians are praying, reading the Bible, hearing sermons, singing songs, and sometimes receiving the Lord’s Supper. There are also...

A Liturgy of Intercession for One in Ministry

A Liturgy of Intercession for One in Ministry

O God Who Faithfully Ministers to All, you have called us not only  to know you and love you, but also to become like you, pouring out our lives for the sake of others. You call all persons to this noble task, and some you particularly set apart as ministers in your...

Strengthen Your Faith: Science Confirms the Bible

Strengthen Your Faith: Science Confirms the Bible

Today, Christians are faced with challenges from unbelievers which causes many to doubt their faith. Can the Bible be trusted? Are the sections of Scripture written as history meant to be viewed with suspicion until verified by modern science? Jesus talks about the...

God’s Valuation of Women

God’s Valuation of Women

God’s original design of women was good, but Genesis 3 tells us that the fall mars all of creation. In God’s kindness, He still uses both men and women to accomplish His good purposes. Throughout Scripture, including the Old Testament, we see the importance and value...

Enduring Hope: A Pastor’s Guide – Christian Hope

Enduring Hope: A Pastor’s Guide – Christian Hope

God is not a hustler. And the hope he calls us to cannot be built on naive expectations that people will start seeing things the way we do. Our longing cannot be built on the arrogant assumption that we are completely right in the positions we take. It cannot even be...

Conquering Anxiety: Embracing God’s Love

Conquering Anxiety: Embracing God’s Love

I’ve come to believe in a better equation to describe what anxiety does: anxiety equals care minus God. We use the word care for both anxiety and love. We speak of not having a care in the world: that’s about anxiety. We tell someone we care for them: that’s love. The...

Persistent Faith: Overcoming Resistance

Persistent Faith: Overcoming Resistance

Here’s God’s honest truth—you aren’t the only one who’s looked giving up straight in the face. It doesn’t always feel that way, does it? There’s one feeling that frequently overwhelms me when I’m in the thick of trial: a sense of being alone. I’m the only one who’s...

Missional Redevelopment: Transforming Church Properties

Missional Redevelopment: Transforming Church Properties

Steeples were designed to point to God. The concept of architecture reflecting theology and meaning is a relic from antiquity. The architectural elements of a classic church building are part of a centuries-old word picture summed up in the word “church.” “Church”...

Listening to God’s Voice: Rediscovering Your Identity

Listening to God’s Voice: Rediscovering Your Identity

So often we try to find the plan for our lives based on those around us. We listen to what others say about us or the way the world defines us. We try to measure up to other people’s standards. We even look at people we think are successful in this world and then...

Living Out Faith Beyond Boundaries

Living Out Faith Beyond Boundaries

“I'm on a mission to end missions.” This was the wild proclamation I found myself scribbling down during what some might call a “burnout” or crisis of faith. After devoting more than half my life to Christian humanitarian work around the globe, I was exhausted and...

Liturgy in Worship: Rediscovering Depth

Liturgy in Worship: Rediscovering Depth

EACH WEEK, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS of Christians all over the world go to church. There are some constants. In almost every church, Christians are praying, reading the Bible, hearing sermons, singing songs, and sometimes receiving the Lord’s Supper. There are also...

A Liturgy of Intercession for One in Ministry

A Liturgy of Intercession for One in Ministry

O God Who Faithfully Ministers to All, you have called us not only  to know you and love you, but also to become like you, pouring out our lives for the sake of others. You call all persons to this noble task, and some you particularly set apart as ministers in your...

Strengthen Your Faith: Science Confirms the Bible

Strengthen Your Faith: Science Confirms the Bible

Today, Christians are faced with challenges from unbelievers which causes many to doubt their faith. Can the Bible be trusted? Are the sections of Scripture written as history meant to be viewed with suspicion until verified by modern science? Jesus talks about the...

God’s Valuation of Women

God’s Valuation of Women

God’s original design of women was good, but Genesis 3 tells us that the fall mars all of creation. In God’s kindness, He still uses both men and women to accomplish His good purposes. Throughout Scripture, including the Old Testament, we see the importance and value...

Enduring Hope: A Pastor’s Guide – Christian Hope

Enduring Hope: A Pastor’s Guide – Christian Hope

God is not a hustler. And the hope he calls us to cannot be built on naive expectations that people will start seeing things the way we do. Our longing cannot be built on the arrogant assumption that we are completely right in the positions we take. It cannot even be...

Conquering Anxiety: Embracing God’s Love

Conquering Anxiety: Embracing God’s Love

I’ve come to believe in a better equation to describe what anxiety does: anxiety equals care minus God. We use the word care for both anxiety and love. We speak of not having a care in the world: that’s about anxiety. We tell someone we care for them: that’s love. The...

Persistent Faith: Overcoming Resistance

Persistent Faith: Overcoming Resistance

Here’s God’s honest truth—you aren’t the only one who’s looked giving up straight in the face. It doesn’t always feel that way, does it? There’s one feeling that frequently overwhelms me when I’m in the thick of trial: a sense of being alone. I’m the only one who’s...

Missional Redevelopment: Transforming Church Properties

Missional Redevelopment: Transforming Church Properties

Steeples were designed to point to God. The concept of architecture reflecting theology and meaning is a relic from antiquity. The architectural elements of a classic church building are part of a centuries-old word picture summed up in the word “church.” “Church”...

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