Advent Prepares Us for Mission Patrick Schreiner poses a helpful thought in the post, noting, "In the Great Commission, Jesus sends his followers to make disciples of all nations (Matt. 28:19). We sometimes neglect to

Trials Are Gardens for Lies In this post, Marshall Segal turns to the book of James and the truth that every good gift comes from God as a way to fight the lies of satan.

Pain Needs Interpreting "Pain itself – though very unpleasant – doesn’t tell us much. It hurts. It’s uncomfortable. It’s upsetting. We don’t want it. Often, we just want it to go away! But good spiritual

Bible people don’t want to say more or less than the Bible does "I think many of us are very quick to baptise and sanctify our applications, assuming the form of what we do is necessarily what

In the Middle of the Greatest Story "Sometimes it’s hard to imagine you’re actually in the right story, like maybe you stumbled into someone else’s story. Have you ever felt that way- that the story

Grow in Contentment Through Worship “ 'In every circumstance, I have learned to be content.' The implication of the word “learned” is that it was not always like this for Paul. He grew in contentment

The Resilient Leader "I learned lessons in leadership from playing rugby. One of them was that fitness in sport is about recovery rate. Fitness is not just how fast you run and how hard you

Preach to Comfort and Disturb "Pastors are men atop a watchtower. They keep awake, while others sleep. The Holy Spirit has placed them there to oversee the church. They scan the darkness; they have a

Dear Pastor . . . Let Christ Preach In this post, Sam Allberry notes, "Even though there’s a part of me that has wanted to be a more dynamic communicator, I’m glad I don’t have

It’s Worth Saying Again: You Need Repetition Here, Trevin Wax notes, "Surely we don’t want to become the people described by Jesus—honoring God with our lips while our hearts are far from him. But this