Books

Generosity and Selflessness

It is really easy to give out of a surplus. That’s because the surplus is never something we truly need.

Everyday Evangelism

It all starts with a simple prayer to bring someone along your path today with whom you can share.

Aren’t Christians Just a Bunch of Hypocrites?

Rejecting Christianity because some Christians are hypocrites would be like not buying a certain brand of shoes because the only people you’ve ever seen wearing them were troublemakers.

The Sacraments Are a Christian’s Answer to Questions of Identity

The sacraments not only provide continuity with the historic church but—when connected to and given meaning by the written word of God—also give us a clear picture of Christ, what he has done for us, and what it means to be persons in him.

4 Ways Discipleship Is Broken in the U.S. Church

Somewhere along the way, the church started thirsting for other things. Hunger for matters other than spiritual maturity and progress surfaced to become primary over life-change.

A Life of Love

The invitation is not to begin with external markers of success. It is to first receive. To first wait on God’s life and healing before we heal others.

Exploring Loss in the Church

Transitions of any type (death, job, moving) bring forth the rawness of emotion that frightens and challenges individuals to the core, but just then, we are open to growing deeper with Jesus.

The Weight of Shells

To redeem our memories, we must begin where we are least likely to go, the place that we feel is least relevant in the here and now.

Help! The People at Church Are Driving Me Crazy

The reason God has you at church is so that through love you might, together, proclaim the excellence of who he is.

Beyond the Creation-Evolution Debate

Overlaying the maps of these two intellectual worlds—the Bible’s and evolutionary science’s—will show us the various routes they each forge to conceptualize the world we know today.

Dreaming Through the Difficulty

Do not allow the past to dictate your church's future. Free yourself by dreaming of what can be as you work together to accomplish God's plans.