Interviews

Megan Fate Marshman: Everyday Grace

While influence tends to want to go upwards and grow to the right, I am fighting to go down to the left, and it takes a lot of intentionality.

Nirup Alphonse: It Starts With Hospitality

The point of hospitality is not to entertain; it is to tell a better story and invite people into the story of God. That's what people need. That's what they're longing for. They want to be a part of that story. And that story is transforming. That story is eternal. That story is enduring. That story is faithful.

Gene Appel: Do Less Ministry; Reach More People

None of the programs at our church were bad in and of themselves. The volume of it just prevented us from being focused on building relationships with those who are far from God. So, we had to do less ministry to reach more people. It sounds funny, but people had to be trained in how to do life with nonbelievers or people spiritually disinterested.

Krish Kandiah: A Faithful Enigma—Part 1

"Preaching and proclamation cannot be separated from lived-out mission, especially in a ‘post-truth’ world.”

Krish Kandiah: A Faithful Enigma—Part 2

"God is so transcendent. Rather than being fearful of that, or worried, we should turn to face it, look directly at it in Scripture.”

J.R. Briggs: Culture and Discipleship

"Wisdom without courage is riskless. Courage without wisdom is reckless. But wisdom and courage together is priceless."

Tom Doyle: Culture and Discipleship

"Inspiring and training believers to share their faith is one of the biggest challenges we have in the Western church."

Nathan A. Finn: Culture and Discipleship

“We need to recognize that even believers see the world in certain ways based upon ethnicity, class and gender.”

Michael Frost: Culture and Discipleship

“God is on the move, extending the reign of Jesus throughout culture and society, and it’s our job to join in with what God is doing.”

Bobby Harrington: Culture and Discipleship

"A church must first establish a culture of love and effective relational disciple-making."

Bob Hyatt: Culture and Discipleship

"The gospel will always be good news and an offense to those on both sides of our increasingly divided spectrum."