ARTICLES
Let the Redeemed of the Lord Say So
We need the stories of redemption from the whole church—the historical church, the present-day church, and especially the stories of our local church congregation.
Do We Just Live, Fight Weeds, and Die?
In this excerpt from the recently released book Turning of Days: Lessons from Nature, Season, and Spirit, Hannah R. Anderson reflects on the curse of Adam and Jesus the curse-breaker.
The Unknown Theologian
In 1890, a simple yet robust theological treatise written by a former slave was published. Lost for more than a century, it has resurfaced.
Do Not Despise the Gentle Nudge
When we read our Bibles each day and no angels dance on the page, when we pray and the walls of a prison do not shake, and when we speak and revival does not break out, that’s okay.
Those Who Weep
In this excerpt from the recently released book Prayer in the Night by Tish Harrison Warren, we are reminded to bring every uncomfortable and complex human emotion to God in prayer.
The Revolution of Us: Created and Re-created for Joy in Christ
Is “progress” unbroken, upward motion? Or is it more like the maze of Snakes and Ladders? God lets us stretch and rise, and sometimes even fall.
New Beginnings from A Broken Year
Do we associate seasons of brokenness with new beginnings? Scripture does.
To Will and To Work
What sin don’t you want to follow you into the new year? Good news: Our savior wills and works with us for our holiness and his glory.
Christian, Write Fiction
There’s not only a benefit to reading great stories but also in writing them.
The Friend We Need, and Need to Be
God designed us for friendships—deep ones that strengthen and sustain when life feels overwhelming.
Beholding the Grandeur: How the Stuff of Earth teaches Us to Long for Heaven
In this book excerpt from the recently released Sensing God by Joel Clarkson, we see that our capacity to know God through our senses is rooted in the overflowing generosity of our creative God, the God who designs humans as the pinnacle of creation.
Begin as a Child
Maybe the control we remember having pre-pandemic wasn’t as certain as we thought. Maybe God wants more dependence in us than independence.