What Is Our Friendship with God Supposed to Look Like? June 23, 2023 by: Mike McKinley God Communicates to Us The good news is our role isn’t nearly as complicated as we might be tempted to think. We think that communion with God, or friendship with God, is some sort of secret, mystical, spiritual experience.…
God’s People Are a Waiting People December 10, 2023 by: Jonathan Gibson A Future Orientation As early as Eden, God’s people have been a waiting people. Following the fall of our first parents, God made a promise that permanently oriented his people toward the future. God told the serpent directly, and the guilty pair indirectly:…
Help! I Don’t Like Evangelizing December 09, 2023 by: Daniel Hames This article is part of the Help! series. You’re Not Alone You have probably clicked on this article because you find evangelism hard, daunting, or awkward. You’ve felt the cold shiver down your spine when the e-word has been mentioned in church. You’ve sipped…
Why Did Ruth Enter Boaz’s Tent in the Middle of the Night? (Ruth 3) June 22, 2023 by: Mary Willson Hannah This article is part of the Tough Passages series. Listen to the Passage Read the Passage 1Then Naomi her mother-in-law said to her, “My daughter, should I not seek rest for you, that it…
What Should a Pastor’s Authority Look Like? December 08, 2023 by: Jonathan Leeman An Example The good news is the Bible has a number of texts on what a pastor’s authority should look like. Let me point to just one of them: 1 Peter 5, where Peter is instructing “the elders among you,” and he…