Stephen R. Morefield has seen churches hurting Christians and Christians hurting the church. How do we deal with these disappointing realities? Should we stay or go?

Keeping our eyes fixed on Christ is hard today, writes Jeremy Writebol. Not only that, but fixing our eyes on the actual Jesus seems even harder. But we must do it. We must look to Jesus.

Jonathan Dodson understood the gospel, so why did he still feel so much shame about his past? He explains how Christ taught him that grace works backwards.

This classic excerpt from Eugene Peterson introduces us to the “old dog-eared songbook” he revisited so many times in his ministry.

Our stubbornness to submit to the kings of our own choosing, always ends poorly, says Christy Britton. Instead of looking for a king we can control, let’s cry out to the King who’s truly in control.

After a botched experiment setting up a tent, Dustin Crowe asked himself, How could I better reflect God’s fatherly love to my daughter? Here are three cautions for dads that came out of that reflection.

Brianna Lambert reflects on the role of ordinary preaching in her life and explains that it’s a source of spiritual food that nourishes the soul.

In Colossians, Paul says he is filling up what’s lacking in Christ’s afflictions. How can anything be lacking in Christ’s afflictions? Paul E. Miller explains.

Everyone’s been rejected at some point. But as Christians, writes Joseph Lasslett, we can find hope even in the pit of rejection.

There’s one thing we can all expect our lives to do: change. Transitions can be difficult, but Shar Walker gives us three reminders to help weather seasons of change.

The tragedy of the decline of the American church cannot be limited only to the lives of practicing Christians, says Jake Meador. The effects reach far beyond that.

Knowing who we are influences what we do, so misunderstanding our identity comes with grave consequences, writes Christy Britton in this edition of Rally Cry.