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Church Life, Ministry and Leadership
Ed Stetzer — August 13, 2025
Church matters, and because church matters, what we mean by church matters. The New Testament presents the church as both universal and local, but...
Theology
Kenneth Berding — August 11, 2025
Here鈥檚 a thought experiment. Suppose that we were to take the statements in Psalm 90:4 and 2 Peter 3:8 about a thousand years being like a day...
Biblical Exposition, Historical Theology, Old Testament
Kenneth Way — August 08, 2025
In our previous post, we discussed faith in Gideon鈥檚 story. Here in Part Two, we discuss the remaining three individuals from Judges who are...
Kenneth Way — August 06, 2025
Hebrews 11:32-34 mentions four infamous individuals from the book of Judges (ordered Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah). [1] But these four are...
Spiritual Formation
Kenneth Berding — August 04, 2025
My thoughts wandered this morning on my prayer walk. [1] I kept bringing my mind back to prayer, but my mind was wandering from my very first...
Christian Education, Ministry and Leadership
Kevin Lawson — August 01, 2025
For though I am free from all, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win more of them. To the Jews I became as a Jew, in order to win...
Por lo cual, siendo libre de todos, me he hecho siervo de todos para ganar a mayor n煤mero. Me he hecho a los jud铆os como jud铆o, para ganar a los...
Biblical Exposition
Gary Manning Jr — July 30, 2025
In John 4:9, the Samaritan woman is surprised that Jesus asked her for water from the well. The reason for her surprise is that 鈥淛ews do not ____...
Biblical Exposition, Ministry and Leadership, Spiritual Formation
Kenneth Berding — July 21, 2025
God trains us through waiting. On the day I started writing this post, I was waiting for God to answer a prayer. You see, Trudi and I have been...
Biblical Exposition, Ministry and Leadership
Kevin Lawson — July 18, 2025
I will extol you, my God and King, and bless your name forever and ever. Every day I will bless you and praise your name forever and ever. Great...
Te exaltar茅, mi Dios, mi Rey, Y bendecir茅 tu nombre eternamente y para siempre. Cada d铆a te bendecir茅, Y alabar茅 tu nombre eternamente y para...
Gary McIntosh — July 16, 2025
鈥淚 just don鈥檛 get it,鈥 pastor Randy Gallo (not his real name) commented, while holding the cell phone closer to his ear. 鈥淒uring the announcements...
Ministry and Leadership, New Testament
Kevin Lawson — July 11, 2025
You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses...
T煤, pues, hijo m铆o, esfu茅rzate en la gracia que es en Cristo Jes煤s. Lo que has o铆do de m铆 ante muchos testigos, esto encarga a hombres fieles que...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament, Theology
Kenneth Berding — July 09, 2025
This morning, I spent time in Hebrews 12:18-24 during my morning reading in God鈥檚 Word.[1] I found myself particularly attuned to some things I had...
Gary McIntosh — July 07, 2025
鈥淲hen are you going to mow the lawn, pastor?鈥 The question astonished pastor Miller (not his real name). He had only served Crossroads Church for...
Gary McIntosh — June 30, 2025
Pastors seize an adventurous, daring enterprise 鈥 making disciples of all people! The last words of Jesus to his disciples included a command to 鈥...
Church Life, Spiritual Formation
Kenneth Berding — June 27, 2025
Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...
William Lane Craig — June 25, 2025
This is a Q&A blog post by our Visiting Scholar in Philosophy, William Lane Craig. Question I鈥檓 a big fan of your work, and I have argued...
Culture, Ethics
John Bloom — June 23, 2025
This coming July marks the 100th anniversary of the Scopes Monkey Trial, the event, more than any other, that stigmatized Fundamentalist...
Christian Education
Kevin Lawson — June 20, 2025
But as for you, teach what accords with sound doctrine . . . Show yourself in all respects to be a model of good works, and in your teaching show...
Pero t煤 habla lo que est谩 de acuerdo con la sana doctrina. . . . present谩ndote t煤 en todo como ejemplo de buenas obras; en la ense帽anza mostrando...
Gary McIntosh — June 18, 2025
One of the most difficult challenges for a pastor is to determine what to do with one鈥檚 time during the day. No one typically holds a pastor...
Biblical Exposition, New Testament, Old Testament
Kenneth Berding — June 13, 2025
Last year, I turned 60. I don鈥檛 know if I count as an old person yet. Granted, when I was twenty, I thought sixty was ancient, but I now realize...
Gary McIntosh — June 11, 2025
If you visit your local bank or credit union, you may run into the president in the lobby. She will shake your hand, welcome you, and say how...