What can two Roman emperors teach us about worldly power and the way of Christ? A little something about how ambition, control, and empire-building stand in tension with the humility and servant-heartedness Jesus calls His followers to…
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Are you ready to lean into the future with bold faith in spite of the world’s fears? Here are 7 ways many Christians already are, by pursuing spiritual formation, deep trust in Christ, and openness to God's unfolding work in new and innovative ways.
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The enduring message believers have heard “from the beginning”—the call to love one another. This foundational truth remains essential for living faithfully in a world full of distractions and shifting values. Let us return to the simplicity and power of abiding in Christ's love…
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We often take Scripture and abstract it into ideas we speak about but rarely live. We like to talk about things we’ll do in the future, from New Year’s resolutions to various hopes and dreams.
But what does it actually mean to un-abstract our Christian lives?
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We often are tempted to think that the message is more important than the medium, that as long as we can share the message of the gospel, the rest doesn’t matter. As long as a soul is saved, who cares what else happens?
If we think this way, we will begin to lose sight of what the Church actually is…
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One of the sad ironies about the way that church is done today: we are a relationship-based organization that is really bad at relationships… It’s a miserable revelation that many committed Christians have had to endure in these recent years of scandals and schisms–that a lot of our church friends are fair-weather friends, whose love and support depends on if you’re still in good standing…
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