In the end, the true legacy of Saint Patrick is not the banishment of serpents, the shamrock, or even a green river. It is the testimony of a man who believed that God could use a reluctant, unpolished, once-enslaved believer to bear witness among a people who had once enslaved him.

Our sin and uncertainty, our self-reliance and self-worship, are all reminders that God is still carrying on the good work within us that he started, a good work that he has promised to finish.

Praying for someone to “grow big and strong” in Christ is praying rich, biblical truth over their life. It is praying for God to work deeply, gently, firmly, and faithfully in them.

The goal of the Christian life is not to be remarkable but to make Christ remarkable.

We can pursue the glory of God in the way we eat and find true freedom in the discipline of choosing good food most of the time.

Hope has a name. His name is Jesus…so let us each take the next step to offer Who we have.

Tim Shorey, one of our staff writers, is journaling through his struggle with stage 4 cancer. In this entry, God is always doing more than we can perceive from the outside.

If we want to form disciples, we must learn to speak like our Father—words that create life, build belonging, and breathe grace.

He doesn’t tolerate you; he delights in you. So don’t just intellectually affirm him; rejoice in him.

Jesus is the one who makes true unity possible. In his death and resurrection, he created unity across racial and ethnic divides, gender divides, and political divides.

Like any other resolutions, gospel-centered resolutions are about change. What makes them different, however, is that we have a model for change in Jesus, power for change in the Spirit and the people of God, and the promise of change in the resurrection.

Christ’s descent to wash the disciples’ feet foreshadows his greater descent to the cross, where cleansing would be accomplished once for all.