9 Characteristics of a Healthy Christian
What does it mean to truly represent Jesus? These nine characteristics of a healthy Christian reveal what spiritual maturity looks like in everyday life.
Discipleship
How Growing Churches Can Maintain Strong Community
Bobby Gruenewald: “A church’s ability to grow and to make people feel needed and known shouldn’t feel mutually exclusive.”
3 Ways Suffering Makes Us Holy
Ed Stetzer: "As disciples of Jesus, we must use hard times to harness who we really are in Christ."
3 Critical Truths About Spiritual Warfare
"When spiritual warfare becomes our primary lens, we risk getting stuck in an immature level of underdevelopment."
5 Reasons We Struggle to Be a ‘Friend of Sinners’
"Out of all of the names of God in the Bible, there is only one that is actually attainable by you and me—'friend of sinners.'"
What Comes Before the Gospel?
"If the gospel is the hope of the world, and if the message is blocked until there is good will, where do we go from here?"
5 ‘Secular’ Habits Christians Need to Learn
Phil Cooke: "One of the big reasons we’re losing our voice in today’s culture is that we don’t understand these critical habits."
‘Lord, I Thank Thee That I Am Not Like Those Evangelical Trump Supporters’
Ed Stetzer: "Our gut reaction is to dismiss Trump supporters and to question their faith. I’d like to suggest a different approach."
5 Elements of Healthy Preaching
Pete Scazzero: "Sermons are never finished. Regardless of our preparation, when we preach, we do so in faith."
9 Ways to Lead Out of Your Marriage
"Christian marriage—in contrast to secular marriage—is a paradigm shift so radical that it transforms our leadership."