Facing the Future: Join our National Gathering April 28-29.

When Christianity begins to decline in a country, one of the first signs is a drop in those choosing to become leaders in churches. I lived in Canada until I […]
A New Missional Era

For the last year couple of years, I have been using a phrase that many people don’t seem to recognize. When referring to our task of taking the gospel to […]
The Bible & My Vote?

A man in our congregation recently asked, “Would you preach a sermon about Christians and voting?” My inner voice said, “No!” Is there a topic more guaranteed to send people […]
You Should Vote: 3 Reasons Disciples of Jesus Should Vote

I’m writing from my own context in the United States, where we have a presidential election coming up in just a matter of days. Many argue that it is the […]
What If This Election Is About Discipleship?

“The basic problem of the Christians in this country in the last eighty years or so, in regard to society and in regard to government, is that they have seen […]
Review of Richard & Christopher Hays’s ‘The Widening of God’s Mercy’

In The Widening of God’s Mercy, father and son Richard and Christopher Hays show why they believe same-sex sexual relationships and marriage ought to be fully welcomed in the church […]
3 Dead Mentors for Crazy Times

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun. Is there anything of which one can say, ‘Look! […]
Feeling Alone in Ministry?

“Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that […]