Books

Avoid the ‘Fixing Trap’

Jesus didn’t come to fix us from afar. He came to walk with us.

How the Church Can Take the Lead in Suicide Prevention

"The church is for the broken. A church without the broken is a broken church."

How to Overcome Betrayal Trauma in Ministry

With their friends’ departures, pastors have had to recalibrate the very real cost of spiritual intimacy in doing life together.

Create Community Through Technology

There are five practical ways in which I have personally seen my church transform from Sunday gatherings only to table fellowship that extends fellowship well into the week.

Outreach Resources of the Year: Theology

So many gospel presentations and simple summaries present the gospel as escape from sin and the world and entrance into eternal life. Such gospels skip life now and head for the eternal prize.

Fit for the Kingdom

The Lord prompted Reardon to think about combining Christian fellowship with fitness in order to create a new small group for men.

Flee, Fight, or Pray? A Church Conflict Resolution Approach

Fleeing may not be the answer, but through church conflict resolution, healing can begin in one's heart.

Truly Local: Church as the Soul of the City

Belonging means different things to different people. The church as the soul of the city becomes a personal homecoming, bustling into a bar, keyboard under my arm, for a jazz gig with local musicians.

A Prophet Is Not a Prophecy Is Not Prediction of the Future

The prophets claim more, and the people credited them with more than just astute human discernment. This article argues that prophecy is not prediction, reframing how we read prophetic messages today.

Dying to Live: Church Revitalization

The community outside the church's walls needs a Bible-teaching church as much as the church needs a community that is invested in what it offers, a path to church revitalization.

God’s Good Created Order

How is God's good created order reconciled with the Jesus of powerlessness, mercy, and forgiveness?