Posts tagged Gospel

Imagine for a moment, as painful as it might seem, that you’ve been jailed inside a maximum security prison. Even after several months of unimaginable …

Rain-soaked and waiting to cheer my wife across the finish line of a half-marathon, I heard these lyrics thumping through the PA system: So it’s …

If you’da been thinkin’, you wouldn’t ‘a thought that! These are the immortal words of Michael “Squints” Palledorous. He meant to chastise “Smalls,” a newfound …

Our little “idolatry/enmity” game has simple but firm rules: delight me, humor me, comfort me, or love me, and you get closer to my “idol” pole; but annoy me, disregard me, disappoint me, or threaten me, and you get closer to my enemy pole. Whenever a relationship promises to deliver happiness, we scoot that person toward the “idol” pole of our line. And whenever a relationship threatens to obstruct our happiness, we push that person toward the “enemy” pole of our line.

Too often, we view the gospel like training wheels–needed only to get us started as Christians. But this perspective has serious consequences.

Last week my newsfeed was filled with two very different kinds of posts (once you took out the baby pics and cat videos): Type 1: …

God is the great Creative. His designs are dazzling, yet functional; subtle, yet bold; durable, yet delicate. From the resplendent grandeur of a mountain sunrise, …

Despite everyone’s diligent efforts and sincere desires, missionary activities sometimes involve varying degrees of ineffectiveness. Why? One explanation might be that Christians, churches, and missionaries simply are not thinking strategically about how to make a rescue operation achieve as many goals as possible. Here are two foundational strategies no Christian interested in missions can afford to ignore.

Have you ever let Easter sneak up on you? I sure have, and this year I’m determined to do better. I want the power and cosmic significance of this event to grip me–and my family. Here’s how I plan to do that this year.

After a recent focus-group screening of Noah, Pastor Brian Houston quipped, “You’ll enjoy the film—if you’re not too religious.” Seems that Hollywood has met our …