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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 Gen Z Coming Back to Church?

When people born between 1997 and 2007 go to church, they attend, on average, about 23 services per year.

The Narrow Path for the Long Haul

The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.

How (Not) to Read the Bible

Is it still “the Good Book”? That depends on how we read it.

God’s Love for the Broken

God delights in choosing rejects and rubble and rubbish.

5 Major Small Group Trends Coming Out of COVID

"A church without an intentional small group ministry is a church in bad health or headed toward bad health."

Leading by Responding Well in Uncertain Times

What God is doing matters more than our plans.

Becoming an Encourager

Developing the Habit of Uplifting Others

The Savior Who Relentlessly Pursues Us

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost.

The Discipline of Holy Noticing

Having the mind of Christ means tuning in to others.

How to Know When Change Is Necessary

... and when it's not.