Discipleship

Gospel-Centered Parenting

The newness that comes as a result of new birth in Christ trickles down into every area of life, including our parenting.

How Can We Prepare to Trust God Through Trials We Don’t Understand?

None of us knows what 2026 will bring, but no doubt it will have its difficult moments as well as its wonderful ones. How can we wisely prepare our hearts and minds to trust God through trials when they come?

Pastors Are Shepherds, Not Superheroes

Maybe it’s time we change the narrative. Expect your pastor to be a shepherd, not a superhero. Don’t demand their presence at every event or their attention at every moment.

How to Know if You’ve Been Seeking Your Own Glory

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” —Matthew 23:12 Our college ministry staff has been reading the classic Campus...

5 Practices to Get You Through the Pandemic

Have you ever felt like you’re on the backside of the desert or in some twisted form of an apocalyptic wasteland? Do you feel...

Living by Faith in Bleak Times

Abraham was getting on in years, yet he and Sarah didn’t have any children. However, God had given him this promise: “I will make...

How Much Should I Give?

There seems to be two extremes when it comes to how Christians view their relationship with their possessions. The first one is that God wants...

A Christian Response to ‘Cancel Culture’

Recently, I typed in “how to be happy” on our collective consciousness, Google, and one of the first articles was “Three Ways to Be...

Insights From Scripture for Responding to Racial Tensions

The past months have brought a great disturbance to our “normal.” Beginning with the COVID-19 pandemic, the way life, especially church, has been done...

Why Being ‘Good Enough’ Will Never Be Good Enough

My family loves the movie The Greatest Showman. It’s the (highly embellished) account of P.T. Barnum’s rise to success. There’s a moving scene where...

How Should Christians Respond to Culture?

Throughout the years, many have turned to H. Richard Niebuhr, who classically outlined the various responses that could be made in light of the...