ARTICLES
How the Gospel Transforms our Relationships
In this excerpt, pastor and author Matt Smethurst displays the late Tim Keller’s teaching on the otherworldly transformation the gospel brings to even our most intimate relationships.
What is a Christian?
In this excerpt, author Leonardo De Chirico emphasizes the importance of the “born again” nature of a true Christian.
Embrace the Delight of Doctrine
In a post to accompany his recent book, author Aaron Armstrong shows those who are spiritually curious the delight of doctrine.
Spiritual Formation for Exiles
In this excerpt, pastor and author Brad Edwards shows readers what makes church, church and calls Christians to examine their individualism and leave it outside the threshold of the sanctuary.
Discovering Ourselves
In this excerpt, pastor and author Seth Lewis shows readers the appropriate response to discovering the majesty of being made in God’s image is to respond to him in worship.
Make it Your Ambition to Share the Gospel
In this excerpt, pastor and author Jeremy Writebol challenges readers to make it their life’s ambition to share the gospel with all those around them.
Burying Preferences
In this adapted excerpt, pastor and author Josh Hayden shows readers the potential profit of “burying our preferences” for the sake of our shared mission.
Good News at Rock Bottom
In this excerpt, pastor and author Ray Ortlund extends the good news of the gospel to sinners lying at rock bottom, reminding readers that “…we will find such an astonishing hope nowhere else.”
Coming Together
In this excerpt, author Luke Cawley describes the cost of forgiveness as Jesus “bears the weight of reconciliation on his own shoulders so that our evasion, hostility, and all the accumulated grime of the years no longer need to come between us and God.”a
The Witness to Culture
In this excerpt, pastor and author Dwayne R. Bond tells a story of how a church’s hospitality and care lead to the Lord’s work of salvation.
Our Stories: The Reason for The Nehemiah Way
Most churches don’t have a motivation problem; they have a mobilization problem. This excerpt from The Nehemiah Way by John H. Wilson and Amy Lynch tells the stories that motivated them to write this book.
Receiving the Father’s Embrace: How to Pray to God Like a Child
In this excerpt, pastor and author Jeremy Linneman shows readers the difference between “approaching God as merely a strong and powerful and compassionate God and approaching him first and foremost as our Father.”