Books

When You Don’t Want to Read the Bible

You were ultimately made to respond to God’s heart. You were made to know the voice of the Good Shepherd, to lean on his care, to depend on his provisions, to trust in his protection. You were made to come running when your Father calls you home to sit at his table!

David Kinnaman: Start the Conversation

Church leaders must recognize that what feels hidden is actually hurting people, and that discipleship includes helping people break free from destructive patterns.

My Top 5 Books on Evangelism

The spiritual discipline of evangelism requires a faithful walk with the Lord, intentionality, understanding contexts, and connecting with people far from God.

4 Ways Discipleship Is Broken in the U.S. Church

Somewhere along the way, the church started thirsting for other things. Hunger for matters other than spiritual maturity and progress surfaced to become primary over life-change.

A Life of Love

The invitation is not to begin with external markers of success. It is to first receive. To first wait on God’s life and healing before we heal others.

Exploring Loss in the Church

Transitions of any type (death, job, moving) bring forth the rawness of emotion that frightens and challenges individuals to the core, but just then, we are open to growing deeper with Jesus.

The Weight of Shells

To redeem our memories, we must begin where we are least likely to go, the place that we feel is least relevant in the here and now.

Help! The People at Church Are Driving Me Crazy

The reason God has you at church is so that through love you might, together, proclaim the excellence of who he is.

Beyond the Creation-Evolution Debate

Overlaying the maps of these two intellectual worlds—the Bible’s and evolutionary science’s—will show us the various routes they each forge to conceptualize the world we know today.

Dreaming Through the Difficulty

Do not allow the past to dictate your church's future. Free yourself by dreaming of what can be as you work together to accomplish God's plans.

‘Tis the Season to Fight Sex Trafficking

As we approach the holiday season and the Super Bowl, it’s essential to remember that human trafficking doesn’t take a break.