There is a moment in the book of Acts that stops readers cold. The early church is thriving. Thousands have come to faith. Believers are united, generous, and boldly proclaiming the risen Jesus. The H...  Read More

There is a moment most of us have faced at some point. You know what the right thing to do is, but doing it will cost you something. Maybe it is a conversation at work where everyone is going along wi...  Read More

There is a moment in Acts chapters 3 and 4 that captures something essential about what it means to follow Jesus in the real world. Not in a church building, not surrounded by fellow believers, but ou...  Read More

There are moments in the life of a church that stop you in your tracks. A person surrenders their life to Christ. Someone is baptized. A prayer that has been lifted up for years is finally answered. A...  Read More

Some beginnings carry more weight than others. The beginning of a friendship, a marriage, a family — these moments shape everything that follows, even when we do not fully recognize their significance...  Read More

Few questions persist in the Christian life more than this one: How do I know the will of God?It surfaces at every major crossroads. Which job should I take? Should I make this move? Is this the right...  Read More

The Church Is On Mission: What the Book of Acts Teaches Us About Living for Jesus TodayThere is a moment at the beginning of the book of Acts that is easy to overlook. Two angels appear to a group of ...  Read More

The word "church" carries a lot of weight. For some, it immediately conjures an image of a building with a steeple, stained glass windows, and a wooden cross out front. For others, it is a feeling, th...  Read More

There is something remarkable about endings. The way a great symphony concludes tells you everything about what the music was always trying to say. Every movement, every quiet passage, every dramatic ...  Read More

C.S. Lewis once called Psalm 19 the greatest poem in the Psalter and one of the greatest lyrics in the world. That is high praise from one of Christianity's most celebrated thinkers. But when you sit ...  Read More

In September of 490 BC, the outnumbered Athenian army marched out through the gates of their city to face a massive Persian force landing on the beaches of Greece. The stakes could not have been highe...  Read More

There is a question that haunts many believers when they scroll through the news, sit in hospital waiting rooms, or watch injustice go unanswered: if Jesus is truly king, why does the world look so ou...  Read More