Interviews

Ryan Kwon: Nothing to Prove

“We’re so accustomed to the church being a noun. I want our bias to be action-oriented, and a movement that goes outward.”

Kyle Strobel: Power in Weakness

“Christians should become powerful Christians. But it’s only ever a power made perfect in our weakness, and it’s only ever a power that comes from God.”

Steve Carter: My Journey Through the Desert of Grief

The lessons about grief, God and identity Steve Carter encountered after resigning from Willow Creek

Troy Gramling: ‘A Culture in Desperate Need of God’

"Pride walks very closely to success, and what we describe as faith can sometimes just be spiritually disguised pride."

Ron Vietti: ‘Hope for Decades to Come’

"I am concerned about the lack of unity and sometimes even 'disdain' that many believers show for other believers."

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.”