One of the biggest changes a church must make is committing to know the community in humble and contextual ways. Doing this will take a little bit of work. I like to use the illustration of double Dutch. Double Dutch …
Paul’s words in Galatians 3:28—“There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus”—are a powerful statement against the sin of partiality. But they …
(The featured image above is Connally with a former roommate, Maria.) by Connally Gilliam, co-author of And Yet, Undaunted: Embraced by the Goodness of God in the Chaos of Life, with Paula Rinehart It was a profound gift that God dropped …
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A friend told me how her father abandoned her family in the late 1950’s. She was just a little girl. He vanished from their lives, never paid a dime to help, and acted like they never existed. My friend’s mom …
Won’t daily family devotions eventually become a meaningless ritual? by Harriet Beecher Stowe This article was originally published in issue 71 of the Discipleship Journal. It is a classic piece from Harriet Beecher Stowe, best known for her novel Uncle Tom’s …
It was in the desert that the Creator knelt to plant a lush and fertile garden. It was in the wilderness that the Good Shepherd left behind a flock to find the one who was lost. And it was that …
When I was growing up, it was stylish to declare a life verse, as one might declare a major at school. We slipped this verse into casual conversations, résumés, or testimonies like a personal brand. The Bible contains 31,102 verses, …
by Paula Rinehart, co-author with Connally Gilliam of And Yet, Undaunted: Embraced by the Goodness of God in the Chaos of Life. We are living in an age of deconstruction, and it’s affecting faith. Every ideal is picked apart. George Washington has …
This story is from the NavPress book, Growing Kingdom Wisdom by Tom Yeakley, who has been serving in leadership roles at the national level for The Navigators for many years. Tom’s heart is to mentor young leaders with godly wisdom. …
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In Habakkuk 2:2, the Lord said, “Write down the revelation” (NIV). He said this because he knows our natural tendency to forget. At best, we have a strong propensity to misremember. A pen is a great tool against the facts …