If they know I am experiencing comfort and peace in the middle of my cancer, their hearts pause even further, at least for a moment, to hear the story of God’s comforting love in Christ.

In this excerpt, theologian Ronni Kurtz discusses the potential ways theology can be misused, but also highlights the joy theology can produce in those who handle it rightly.

Self-control is only one fruit of the Spirit, but it is one that is necessary for all of them.

When our formulas fail, or when God's answer to our pleas for relief is "not right now" or "not in the way you hoped," we can be confident these are gifts that will ultimately show God’s power being perfected in our weakness.

God made creation beautiful for his own glory and so he can delight in it. Creation’s goodness and wonder testify to God’s infinitely greater majesty.

For man, contentment is found in appreciating the simple pleasures of a life sustained by a God who grants daily provision and who has given us some sense that there is more going on than what we can perceive.

We love like Jesus when we enter into the hard, mundane, or lowly tasks of the life of a suffering loved one.

That is the work we are doing on every page, learning how to build bridges between who we were and who we are becoming, between what we’ve survived and what we still long to heal.

Starting September 28, six pastors and leaders whose voices have shaped how we think about ministry will each lead a session built around one facet of pastoral life.

Christian victory does not come by the sword. It does not come by angry shouting or indiscriminate violence. Christian victory comes by the cross.

As the church, we remind each other of our need for grace, the countercultural act of love, and our sure hope in the gospel.

Something surfaced in dozens of conversations. It's become the reason for what's coming.