ARTICLES
What Every Man is Looking For
We need someone to seek us out, to notice us, to care. We have this in God. And He has designed us to experience something similar from our fellow image bearers.
Keep Picking the Weeds
As discouraged as you may be, the fact that you are still fighting is a sign that the Spirit of God is working in you. Keep picking the weeds and trust that the fruit will follow.
Make the Time and Reap the Benefits
When your children get older and move on, you will never regret a day spent together in the most important spiritual disciplines.
Rushing Wind, Tongues of Fire
In this moment, the Holy Spirit did what mere words could not—He applied the gospel’s message like a balm to the souls of the gospel’s hearers.
When Discipleship is Difficult, Start With Delight
Discipleship is a matter of the heart. Start there. Trust in God. Delight in the Lord. He will give you the desires of your heart. He will use you to make disciples in ways you don’t expect and might never see.
Mothers, Mentors, and the Illusion of Connection
Discipleship isn’t cultivated within “likes” on social media. It is cultivated through life together, empowered by the Spirit, one ordinary day at a time.
Creating a Movement-Ready Church Starts with These Three Elements
In this excerpt from Movement-Ready Church, authors Robby Gallaty and Vick Green give church leaders three elements to concentrate on as their ministries grow so that growth can be done effectively for the glory of God.
Discipling Through Disappointment
We must understand that walking in faith requires we believe all that God has promised is true, even when it doesn't feel true.
Heaven Among Us: Discovering God’s Presence and Power in Everyday Faithfulness
There have been seasons when faithfulness looked painfully ordinary...At the time, none of it felt especially sacred. Only later did I realize that heaven had been quietly at work in that persistence all along.
Fruitful to the End
Fruitfulness in old age isn’t about staying busy, it’s about bearing witness.
Imagining Apprentices
In this excerpt from All Things Together, pastor and author Heath Hardesty shows readers how Jesus reshapes our imagination to make us his faithful apprentices.
The Power of Song in the Life of the Church
Church music on Sunday mornings is not performance but participation. God, in his mercy, designed worship so that every praise directed toward him would lift our spirits in the process.