The reason Christians argue so much about the sacraments is because, deep down, they matter.
09/04/25
Treweek points us to the happy ending to come in eternity, when the entire church will be married to her Redeemer.
09/03/25
I realized I had long and drastically underestimated the depth and vitality of the Christian intellectual tradition.
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10/30/18
Have you ever seen a mustard seed? If you have, you know it’s pretty tiny. When deciding how to describe the kingdom to us, Jesus purposely used the smallest known seed at the time.
09/10/18
Right now (and I would add, for quite some time) there has been a debate within Christianity about the whole issue of culture.
06/13/18
I have found that if I want to get people talking (especially guys), all I have to do is ask them about their father.
11/21/17
Over the last few weeks it’s been painful and disappointing to hear the stories of victims that have been abused and assaulted by powerful celebrities, executives, and politicians.
09/05/17
Summer is almost over! School has started, vacation is done and it’s time to get back to the grind. Do you feel well rested? I suppose that depends on what I mean by rest right?
05/24/17
The common knock against “grace people” (or to put it another way, “Christians”) is that preaching too much grace will encourage licentious living.
04/14/17
Have you ever wondered, of all the adjectives we could use to describe this day why in the world we chose the word “good?” Yeah, me too.
03/15/17
If I'm honest, when I survey my life I don't exude much contentment.
08/10/16
Over the last 11 months I’ve spent the bulk of my time working to plant a church in New York City.
07/14/16
It seems that no matter where we look in this world, we never quite find what we really need.
02/09/16
Surely everyone reading at one time or another in their lives has heard the popular phrase I’m writing about today.
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