The problem most of us face in figuring out what to do in life and where our place is in the world is that we haven’t first understood what has been happening in life all along.
Finding Your Place in Life’s Grand Story
Tag: 2018
Church: a community of broken people growing together
We have been invited into a movement of people coming from diverse types of backgrounds and ethnicities. We’ve been called to join a people whose hearts and generational narratives are getting completely rewritten as God unites us all as one family in Jesus Christ.
Jesus: more than just an answer to our problems
If the hope of the gospel of Jesus was merely that everything bad would be made right, it would get depressing because everything bad doesn’t necessarily get made right.
Everything Good Now Broken
Because God is not a control freak, and because he longs for mutual desire and gives us the freedom to choose, and because we chose to be gods ourselves, we’re living in a world broken from such a perfect relationship with our creator.
Everything Made Good
Can you imagine meeting someone for the first time standing entirely unclothed and not feeling at least self-conscious about it, if not royally embarrassed?
Children, Obedience, and Mission Field #1
Someone recently submitted the question: “What is your view on child training?” Here’s my response…
Why You Need to Install Covenant Eyes (and how to do it in 5 minutes)
If you are viewing porn, and if you’re tired of it and want to be able to look people in the eyes without having anything to hide, download and install Covenant Eyes accountability software today. Let me show you how.
How Can Anabaptists Spread the Gospel without Making Others Feel They Need to Become Like Them?
How can Anabaptists spread the gospel of Christ without making others think they need to become like us? Should their new disciples become Anabaptist? What’s the balance? Is what we do really important?
How to Create Accountability That’s Healthy and Successful
Does accountability work? Why is it important, if accountability actually is important? What does it look like to have healthy accountability, not flawed?
3 Flaws in the Concept of Accountability
When it comes to moral victory, we commonly talk about accountability. Yet, for many, accountability has become a dirty word. They get an overwhelming sense of hopelessness if someone suggests they need more accountability. Why is that? Because most accountability doesn’t work.
“Should Christians draw a line of fellowship?”
“Where do we draw the line of fellowship with those who say they believe in Jesus but practice and teach things different from what we believe, such as going to war, being divorced, don’t wear head-covering, and so forth?”
Why Most Churches Fail to Make Disciples
I stood there dumbfounded. I didn’t know what to say. These dear kids had been through far too much in their young life. How in the world do I connect with them?
