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Simple Yet Stellar

Microchurches are not just a passing trend—they’re a growing and sustainable movement that is changing the way we think about church.

A Sanctifying Space

The local church does not simply occupy space. Rather, it makes place.

Beyond Burnout: Finding God in the Ashes

Where you are burned out, and you’re just desperately craving some real comfort, Jesus breaks himself into a feast for you, so that you can savor and taste and see that the Lord is good, and your heart can burn with hope within you again.

God Knows Your Heart — And He Still Loves You

If God looks at the heart, then we are all laid bare before the Lord at any given moment. He knows the real us.

Choosing Between Painful Truth and False Hope

Over the years, I’ve seen the disappointment and damage to employees, teams, freelancers, vendors, and others when an organization’s leader promises what he can’t deliver or has no intention of delivering.

The Mark of True Faith

Do what your lips say you believe and what your life demonstrates you believe match up?

Expect New Obstacles in This Post-Pandemic Phase

The challenges can seem insurmountable. The pace of change can seem unbearable. But we serve a God who is with us always.

Reach a Whole Region

Local networks were how the early church spread outward. To see the same spread and gospel saturation of Christianity today, planters must think beyond their own church plants and imagine networks of churches.

11 Tips for Prioritizing Family in the Never-Ending Work of Ministry

If you let it, your ministry will overtake all of your time with your family.

Self Assessment: Are You Like Christ?

The more we become like Christ–and that is God’s plan for every believer–the more we will find ourselves turning away in disgust at activities that used to fascinate us.

Pay Attention to Your Physical Health

He knows that when we’re at our weakest physically, we’re most likely to let our guards down spiritually.