Discipleship

Fight the Good Fight

Some things that happen in ministry are so absurd that if we can’t laugh, the weight will crush our soul.

Amy Orr Ewing: The As/So Dynamic

Without love, all our accomplishments, efforts and breakthroughs are just noise.

How Can We Avoid ‘Believing’ the Bible While Denying What It Actually Says?

We need to learn, and teach other people, not just to read the Bible but also how to interpret it, so they don’t end up being Bible-believing heretics or Jesus-followers who follow a Jesus different than the real Jesus of the Bible and history.

Is the Online Church Really the Church?

It has received a lot of attention during the pandemic. It will receive more attention in the post-quarantine era. Some call it the digital church. Others...

How God Grows Us in Times of Spiritual Dryness

August is often the driest month of the year here in Southern California. Not only is it physically dry, but it can also be...

How to Know When Political Views Have Become an Idol

Are your political views and convictions growing in intensity? Are you finding yourself feeling angrier than you used to be about a variety of...

Turning the World Upside Down

The 18th-century preacher John Wesley once wrote to a fellow believer: “Give me 100 who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and...

How to Address the Chronic Anxiety Surrounding the Pandemic

This article originally appeared on MissioAlliance.org and is reposted here by permission. If there were ever a time in recent history in which anxiety seems likely to...

How to Love Other Christians When We Don’t Agree

As a second generation Filipino-American I am very aware of my “otherness”—whether it’s at church on Sunday which includes a 30-minute worship set with...

Why I Stopped Worrying About Losing My Salvation

The question “Can I lose my salvation?” is one of the biggest questions I wrestled with when I first became a Christian. I loved...

How Do You Fight Your Battles?

Insights from the life of David.