John Koessler says we try to move God’s agenda forward by miles when he is interested in the next few inches. We have to be open to the opportunity of the present.

The church has to be careful about taking cues from companies and nonprofits, says Lee Eclov. Rediscovering the church as a family—not an organization—changes everything.

Gospel messengers who brave hostile places don’t go to seek martyrdom, writes Tim Keesee. Rather they go to fully live for the glory of Christ and the sake of others, knowing they are in God’s hands.

Like the lame man Bartimaeus, we often want grace to do the healing and the walking. But Jesus does not abide that kind of soul paralysis. Instead, he says, “Get up, take up your bed, and walk.”

One of the most remarkable assertions of the apostle Paul is that Christians actually die with Christ. What does this mean? Tim Savage explains.

If we don’t engage God but simply use a “Bible-based system” or “method” of handling our emotions, we lose the core hope we have as Christians.

To redeem our memories, we must begin where we are least likely to go, the place that we feel is least relevant in the here and now. Yet we can never truly leave our “behind” in our past.

A narrative rendering of the events leading up to Good Friday, from the table to the execution.

A part of our brain activates when we’re thinking about ourselves or what others think of us. When that happens, we aren’t truly present for others. But holy noticing can help.

At the outset, the Cultural Christian usually believes the only difference between you and him is that you are just a little more “into” Christianity and perhaps extreme. So where is one to begin in conversation?

Many of us spend our twenties looking for rest, but Jesus is inviting you to spend your twenties living from rest. That’s the good news, the gospel.

Wesley Hill’s foreword to our latest book release, A Restless Age: How Augustine Helps You Make Sense of Your Twenties by Austin Gohn.