Here are three ways to find joy from this passage: In God’s work and His pleasure, Shining God’s Light and Living the Long View. ... Read More
Christians are rescued from this world but left in world to make Jesus known. It costs us something to endure the rejection and resist the distraction... Read More
The Church is under tremendous pressure in our environment. The forces dividing culture are threatening to fracture the Church as well. How do we rema... Read More
Paul’s ambition – his driving, consuming passion – was to preach the gospel in people groups that hadn’t yet named, confessed, and wor... Read More
The weekly scattering of churches displays Jesus’s eternal Kingdom in the world. When we scatter, we display the goodness and love and power and glo... Read More
The weekly gatherings of churches on earth anticipate the eternal gathering of the Church in Heaven. The weekly gatherings of local churches accomplis... Read More
Here’s a general principle we must grapple with if we are to understand the tension between leaders and followers. Those in authority are tempted to... Read More
Peter calls the Sojourning church to action. We’ve been gathered by God out of the world for a purpose. We don’t fight. We don’t flee. We don’... Read More
It is deeply profound that believers are eternally brothers and sisters in Christ. We are family forever. All believers must seek and continually deve... Read More
The Christians who received Peter’s letter experienced the same strangeness and pressure from the Roman Empire that we feel now. The church has ... Read More
