A Healthy Church is a Messy Church, As it Should Be
Spend more than a few weeks in the heart of a church and you discover that church is messy. I can see it in the face of first-timers, that look […]
Is Masturbation a Sin? A Thoughtful Christian Exploration
“Of all the moral issues which face the community of Christian believers, there are few issues that Christians feel more uncomfortable discussing than the issue of masturbation.”[1] Masturbation is a […]
6 Ways People Read the Bible
People throughout history have done all sorts of things with Bibles. Some have bought them and left them on shelves. Others have burned them in book burnings. Bibles have been […]
A Journey from Secrecy and Control to Truth and Freedom in Christ
My name is Kirk Taylor, and I’m a grateful believer in Jesus Christ who has found freedom from gender dysphoria, codependency, and a lifelong struggle with trying to control how […]
When a Christian Leader Has a Moral Failure
What do we do when we see moral failure in a Christian, especially a Christian leader? Maybe you have seen news come out recently about Philip Yancey, a Christian author […]
The Vanity of Knowledge: Aiming for Wisdom in an Artificial World
With what set of assumptions do you begin as you open the pages of Scripture? I find myself in agreement with James B. Jordan, Protestant theologian, with Matteiu Paggeau, the […]
Is Smoking a Sin?
It’s a question I’ve been asked more than once—especially since God moved our congregation into the heart of our city and we began walking closely with people experiencing homelessness, addiction, […]
When You Have Eaten and Are Satisfied: On Wealth and Forgetting God
Now that you have wealth, you’ve crossed over into the financial promised land. Or have you? From the days of Adam, God cursed man with the burden of painful toil […]