Category: Church

• We The American Church: When Faith and Politics Collide

  American Christians are divided on multiple fronts, none more apparent than politics. We need to navigate this moment in a way that honors the Name we claim to represent. To…

  

• Stop The Drift

  Drift is dangerous. Nothing about the way of Jesus is automatic to us at first. When we turn discipleship on autopilot, we will drift off in a thousand different directions.…

  

• Escaping Consumer Christianity

  We live in a culture defined by consuming. Today companies spend billions of dollars to learn and exploit our spending habits. We’d be foolish to think a consumer culture hasn’t…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: Hudson Taylor

  Hudson Taylor (1832-1905) was a British theologian and missionary to China. He founded the China Inland Mission, and pioneered cross-cultural gospel missions. Taylor practiced “incarnational” presence by adopting many of…

  

• Christians and Conspiracy

  Followers of Jesus should be cautious to embrace conspiracy theories. Suspicion feeds paranoia and like Phillip Yancey says, “paranoia is faith in reverse.” What our world needs is Christians eager…

  

• Staying Awake

  “So then, let us not sleep as others do, but let us keep awake and sober.” I Thessalonians 5:6 Our family had tickets to Disney World the day it closed…

  

• What Jesus Never Said

  Seek the Kingdom and you’ll get the Church. Seek the Church, and you might miss the Kingdom. If you’ve ever tried popping a tent, you know it takes work. A…

  

• When Racism Comes To Church

  Dr. Tony Evans wrote a remarkable article where he said this about the problem of race, injustice, and human dignity in America: “The biggest problem in the culture today is…

  

• 5 Great Quotes: Frederick Douglass

  Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was an American citizen, abolitionist, and preacher. He was born into slavery, yet later escaped. Douglass went on to preach & advocate for abolition & justice for…

  

• Prophets or Patriots?

  Being Christian Before Being American My ancestor, William Stacy, fought in the Revolutionary War. Legend holds he tore up his British commission papers in the town square & organized a militia.…