Interviews

Nicole Martin: A Different Kind of Leadership

When I go to a great restaurant and it’s really good, no one ever has to tell me, “Could you let other people know?” I cannot wait to tell other people, first of all, that I've been, and second of all, how good the food is. I think we have lived our Christian lives on the periphery of God's grace and goodness and favor for so long that we don't know how good the food is for ourselves.

Tanita Maddox: Showing Up for Gen Z

There are just so many things that are compelling about the triune God and the way that triune God has enacted redemption for us and continues to sanctify us after we follow him. We just have to pull the contextualization out for our young people so they can see it on their terms.

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.

Chris Stephens: ‘Jesus Never Defended Tradition’

"My greatest concern is that churches are hanging on to tradition and losing the power of the gospel."

Steve Poe: ‘Gratitude Grows Humility and Destroys Pride’

"My greatest concern for the church is the lack of biblical knowledge by many Christians today."

Todd Wagner: ‘The True Church Has Never Changed’

Todd Wagner: "My personal walk with Christ and with God’s people is why I am not stressed."

Pastoring Portlandia: Dispatches From America’s Post-Christian Frontier

What does it take to shepherd believers in America's post-Christian frontier? Cutting-edge savvy and old-time practices.

Pastoring Portlandia: John Mark Comer

“What a post-Christian world is making us do is get back to the the countercultural, revolutionary lifestyle of Jesus.”

Pastoring Portlandia: Rick McKinley

"The gospel is enough! We don’t have to sell out or hide in a self-protective group, shivering at the culture around us.”

Miles McPherson: ‘Our Culture Unfortunately Reaps What It Has Sown’

"I’m excited for the opportunity to reap the harvest as our culture unfortunately reaps what it has sown."

Jerry Harris: ‘Church Life Is Now an Alternative Lifestyle’

"Being different from the prevailing culture is the native ground of the church, and it’s exciting to think about what God might do."