Church music on Sunday mornings is not performance but participation. God, in his mercy, designed worship so that every praise directed toward him would lift our spirits in the process. 

The good news is we don’t rescue ourselves from the current; Christ does. He’s the lifeline, the shore, and the rest your soul’s been searching for.

In this excerpt from When Life Feels Empty, pastor and author Isaac Serrano shows readers that gathering with God’s people is one of the ways he reveals meaning to us.

We come again and again, hungry for mercy, weary for rest, ready for direction. Every day, he invites. Every day we decide.

The voices that influence us most must do more than say beautiful things. They should be from people who live beautiful lives.

In this excerpt from Living Beyond Offense, Yana Jenay Conner shows readers that one can truly forgive sin even when it may be impossible to completely forget that sin.

Our wasting away is indisputable; these earthly tents will perish. But our hope is not in this life but the next, not this body but our glorified one.

As we imitate Christ, we pray that our children do the same. Not from shame. Not from guilt. But for the glory of God.

In this excerpt from Your Wilderness Is Not a Waste, Dustin Crowe reminds readers that God is providing for all their needs even in the most barren places.

If we want to follow Jesus and have a life that reflects his character and heart, the surest way to do so is to deeply root our lives in a gospel-centered local church.

There is ultimately hope knowing that one day, because of Christ, the reality of death and its sting here on earth will be gone. This battle we face with our children, while very urgent, is momentary in light of Christ’s victory.

In this excerpt from Pastoral Confessions, Jamin Goggin shows readers how honest confession produces ministry that is bound to the truth of who we are before God and others.