The Biblical Key to Learning
Sometimes a student will ask me, “How did you learn the Bible so well?” The easy answer is that I have been studying the Bible for 45 years. And over the years one tends to pick up some of the...
View ArticleThe 3 Marks of a Contagious Church
One of my favorite passages in Scripture is 1 Thessalonians 1:2-10. In these verses, the Apostle Paul gives us a glimpse into the life a church that he is especially thankful for. In describing what it...
View ArticleKnow Your Limits: Part 1
By Alex Early Ever since the fall in Genesis 3, we humans have been tempted to mistake ourselves for God. In so doing, we have been prone to presuming that we possess the attributes that belong to Him...
View ArticleKnow Your Limits: Part 3
By Alex Early In order to consider who we are in light of who God is, we are spending three weeks looking at three of God’s incommunicable attributes: Omniscience: Knowing Everything Omnipresence:...
View ArticleWhy is Discipleship for All Believers?
By Taylor Turkington Today, we are featuring an abridged version of a post that was originally run on the Verity Fellowship’s blog. The Verity Fellowship, a resource for women who minister the Word of...
View Article7 Simple Ways to Make Time for Beauty
By Whitney Woollard Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). Life spiraled increasingly into chaos the moment I set out to write this article. I helped with...
View ArticleRedeeming Theology
By Whitney Woollard Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). I knew it was coming. The conversation was inevitably leading to one of my least favorite...
View ArticleJesus and the Rich Young Man
By Josh Dillow And behold, a man came up to him, saying, “Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?” And he said to him, “Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is...
View ArticleThree Reasons Pastors Should Intentionally Train Women
By Taylor Turkington As politically incorrect as it is to say that the Bible can be taught wrongly, it doesn’t change the fact that it’s true. I’m sure you’ve seen the consequences in the pain of the...
View ArticleThe Antidote to Insatiable Desire
By Whitney Woollard Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). As far back as I remember I’ve lived with an insatiable appetite. I’ve always hungered for more –...
View ArticleThe New Commandment and the Community It Creates
By Brad Watson Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to...
View ArticleFollowing a Crucified Messiah
By Whitney Woollard Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). Lately my self-talk has been more subtle than usual, but no less harmful. During an ongoing...
View ArticleFive Common Bible Interpretation Errors
This article was originally published in the Spring 2016 edition of Western Magazine. Interpreting the Bible correctly and faithfully is not difficult. Why would I say such a thing? It is not because I...
View ArticleSocial Glory Seeking
By Jeremy Writebol Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). “We didn’t seek glory from people.” Or did we? One of the darkest dangers of the Christian life is...
View ArticleThe Endeavor of a Lifetime
By Katherine Roberts There are very few endeavors in this world that can capture a person’s interest for a lifetime. Just like a much anticipated birthday present loses a child’s attention within a few...
View ArticleHow Perfectionism Helps and Hurts
Today, we are featuring a post that was originally run on the Verity Fellowship’s blog. The Verity Fellowship, a resource for women who minister the Word of God, is a gospel-centered ministry of...
View ArticleSocial Justice and the American Dream
By Sam Whittaker Recently I have been studying the prophets, and their view of social justice. Reading and reflecting on their words has led me to ask what the modern Church needs to hear from them. As...
View ArticleThe Story of the Bible: The Wisdom Books
Today’s post is the third installment in a series that breaks the story of the Bible down into ten ‘chapters’. Read Chapter One and Chapter Two. The third major chapter of the Bible turns from history...
View ArticleGod Is Holding Out On Me
By Whitney Woollard Today’s post is being run in partnership with Gospel-Centered Discipleship (GCD). Right now I’m tempted to believe that God is holding out on me. There. I said it. I planned to...
View ArticleGetting to Know Eugene Peterson
All of us have influencers in our lives, people who have had a transformative effect. Somewhere around the late 80’s, as a young and rather desperate pastor, I read Working the Angles. I was still...
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