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Embracing ‘God Speed’ in a Fast-Paced World​

Embracing ‘God Speed’ in a Fast-Paced World​

Back in the 1970s, a Japanese theologian named Kosuke Koyama wrote a book called Three Mile an Hour God. In it, he draws out the idea that maybe the speed at which God moves is the speed at which he designed us to move. You see, a human being walks at three miles an...

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...

When Work Disappoints: Finding Biblical Wisdom in Setbacks

When Work Disappoints: Finding Biblical Wisdom in Setbacks

Disappointment at work is an everyday experience for most of us. It happens when work fails to live up to our hopes or expectations. We don’t finish everything on our to-do list. Only one person attends the online event we planned. Customers prefer our competitor’s...

Understanding the Parable of the Two Lost Sons

Understanding the Parable of the Two Lost Sons

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable. —Luke 15:1–3 The Elder Brother and the Two Lost Sons...

Understanding the Gospel Mom: A Calling Rooted in Christ

Understanding the Gospel Mom: A Calling Rooted in Christ

Over the last decade, the two of us (Emily and Laura) have embarked on our own journeys to understand what a good mom really is. If you’re familiar with our ministry, Risen Motherhood, then you might know that as sisters-in-law and friends, we talked regularly in the...

What the Early Church Knew About Biblical Family

What the Early Church Knew About Biblical Family

The Early Church’s View of Biblical Family When I was a kid growing up down South, my mom always referred to her in-laws as “Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard.” My parents both grew up in the small town of Talladega, Alabama, where every adult was a “Mr.” or “Mrs.” to anyone...

Miracles Lead to Worship

Miracles Lead to Worship

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. —Psalm 77:14 The Power of Biblical Miracles Miracles are hard to believe in, and they should be. In Matthew 28 we are told that the apostles met the risen Jesus on a mountainside in...

The Righteousness of Christ Transforms Your Life

The Righteousness of Christ Transforms Your Life

Imagine that you are sitting in a chair in front of God the Father, and all his glory is blazing in unapproachable light, and Jesus, in his blood-soaked robe, is sitting in a chair next to you. An angel asks God the Father, “Who is more righteous, Jesus or this image...

When We Can’t, God Can: Surrendering Our Struggles to His Power

When We Can’t, God Can: Surrendering Our Struggles to His Power

I can’t fix my family. I can’t keep my job. I can’t salvage my reputation. I can’t protect those I love. I can’t stand the pain. I can’t stop drinking. Can’t stop binge-eating, binge-watching, binge-spending, binge-working. Can’t stop looking at porn. I can’t find a...

Embracing ‘God Speed’ in a Fast-Paced World​

Embracing ‘God Speed’ in a Fast-Paced World​

Back in the 1970s, a Japanese theologian named Kosuke Koyama wrote a book called Three Mile an Hour God. In it, he draws out the idea that maybe the speed at which God moves is the speed at which he designed us to move. You see, a human being walks at three miles an...

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...

When Work Disappoints: Finding Biblical Wisdom in Setbacks

When Work Disappoints: Finding Biblical Wisdom in Setbacks

Disappointment at work is an everyday experience for most of us. It happens when work fails to live up to our hopes or expectations. We don’t finish everything on our to-do list. Only one person attends the online event we planned. Customers prefer our competitor’s...

Understanding the Parable of the Two Lost Sons

Understanding the Parable of the Two Lost Sons

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all gathering round to hear Jesus. But the Pharisees and the teachers of the law muttered, “This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them.” Then Jesus told them this parable. —Luke 15:1–3 The Elder Brother and the Two Lost Sons...

Understanding the Gospel Mom: A Calling Rooted in Christ

Understanding the Gospel Mom: A Calling Rooted in Christ

Over the last decade, the two of us (Emily and Laura) have embarked on our own journeys to understand what a good mom really is. If you’re familiar with our ministry, Risen Motherhood, then you might know that as sisters-in-law and friends, we talked regularly in the...

What the Early Church Knew About Biblical Family

What the Early Church Knew About Biblical Family

The Early Church’s View of Biblical Family When I was a kid growing up down South, my mom always referred to her in-laws as “Mr. and Mrs. Hubbard.” My parents both grew up in the small town of Talladega, Alabama, where every adult was a “Mr.” or “Mrs.” to anyone...

Miracles Lead to Worship

Miracles Lead to Worship

You are the God who performs miracles; you display your power among the peoples. —Psalm 77:14 The Power of Biblical Miracles Miracles are hard to believe in, and they should be. In Matthew 28 we are told that the apostles met the risen Jesus on a mountainside in...

The Righteousness of Christ Transforms Your Life

The Righteousness of Christ Transforms Your Life

Imagine that you are sitting in a chair in front of God the Father, and all his glory is blazing in unapproachable light, and Jesus, in his blood-soaked robe, is sitting in a chair next to you. An angel asks God the Father, “Who is more righteous, Jesus or this image...

When We Can’t, God Can: Surrendering Our Struggles to His Power

When We Can’t, God Can: Surrendering Our Struggles to His Power

I can’t fix my family. I can’t keep my job. I can’t salvage my reputation. I can’t protect those I love. I can’t stand the pain. I can’t stop drinking. Can’t stop binge-eating, binge-watching, binge-spending, binge-working. Can’t stop looking at porn. I can’t find a...

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