When Holly Duane was growing up in New Zealand, being poor was a way of life for her Christian family. As a young adult she wondered why believers with the financial means to aid impoverished Christians would choose not to. After undertaking a study of the more than two thousand Bible verses about helping the poor, she seeks today to teach Christians in pros… Read more…
Look around and you’ll notice... the world is covered with jagged edges. People are broken all over the place. Places are broken all around us. But we were made for better than this: We were made for shalom. We were made to be whole — and to make things whole. This is an empowering journey for those who hunger for a better life, for a better worl… Read more…
Our obsession with bigger and faster is spinning us out of control. We move through the week breathless and bustling, just trying to keep up while longing to slow down. But real life happens in the small moments, the kind we find on Tuesday, the most ordinary day of the week. Tuesday carries moments we want to hold onto--as well as ones we'd rather leave… Read more…
El reino de Dios está cerca Durante su ministerio en la tierra, Jesús varias veces habló, explicó y definió el reino de Dios. Cuando anunció que el reino de Dios estaba cerca, fue un momento decisivo en la historia de la humanidad. ¿Pero qué quiso decir? ¿Cómo eso aplica a nuest… Read more…
Pastor and cofounder of the Bethel School of Ministry Kris Vallotton walks Christians through the profound process of discovering their true identity and experiencing the wonder of their kingdom purposes.Christians are often told that they were born with a purpose that reaches beyond their human strivings, but most are not sure how to break past the daily st… Read more…
Once upon a time, people knew their neighbors. They talked to them, had cook-outs with them, and went to church with them. In our time of unprecedented mobility and increasing isolationism, it's hard to make lasting connections with those who live right outside our front door. We have hundreds of "friends" through online social networking, but … Read more…
Hasn’t Jesus called us into the thorns and thistles with Him to love what we find there? What if we had the courage to follow him into the briarpatch and discover life as we were always meant to live it? In The Briarpatch Gospel, dynamic young pastor Shayne Wheeler presents a radical message of grace, one that won’t allow you to remain comfortable merely… Read more…
Your God is too small.We like God small. We prefer a God who is safe, domesticated, who thinks like we think, likes what we like, and whom we can manage, predict, and control. A small God is convenient. Practical. Manageable.The truth: God is big. Bigger than big. Bigger than all the words we use to say big.Ironically, many today seem turned off by the conce… Read more…
What if the way we worship isn't just an expression of our faith, but is what shapes our faith?The Church has believed this about the way we worship and pray together for centuries: The way we worship becomes the way we believe. But if this is true, it’s time to take a closer look at what we say and sing and do each week. Drawing from his own … Read more…
Popular notions of Christian spirituality today tend to focus on getting us out of the world or getting the world out of us. Many are looking to spirituality as a means of disengaging from this life—to experience the transcendent or discover personal wholeness. On the other hand, much of popular Christian thought seems to be about avoiding the corruption o… Read more…
From the seeds of faith, watch miracles bloom A former pastor’s powerful story Gloria Gillaspie knows the power of prayer--and the power of God when we exercise our faith. As a young girl, Gloria knew she had a call of God on her life. She did not know how powerfully God would use trials, setbacks and hardship in her life for His Glory. &#… Read more…
See yourself, your church, your world... differently. Ed Stetzer turns conventional Christian living on its head with this inspiring, instructional guide to life in the kingdom of God—not just church, not just check marks, but a full, everyday, out-there adventure of worship, lifestyle, relationships, and service. It’s about living so confident i… Read more…
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