The Mandate for Missions (Matthew 28:19-20, Psalm 67:1-2) ...

The definition of home varies for many people. For some home is a place, for some it is people, for all believers home is our heavenly calling with Christ Jesus. Yet, something truly does happen in...

Launch Your Year Well ...

When you leave our parking lot, a sign on the backsides of the stone pillars reads: "You are entering the Great Commission." As a faith family, we conclude nearly every gathering with the final...

"Live simply so others may simply live"

Six months into our new life in Cambodia, my husband and I found out we were pregnant with our first child! We were thrilled and excited, but that joy in my heart was later coupled with fear and...

One of the challenges in sending people to serve overseas is distinguishing between those who are ready to be sent and those who are not ready to be sent by the church. Prayer, wisdom, and dependence...

Have you ever been on the receiving end of a difficult conversation - ...

"Readers are leaders and leaders are readers" - that was a statement that was drilled into us back in our college days by our campus ministry. I'm not sure who coined it, but it has proven to be...

How can the church best equip believers to live out the Christian life? To answer that question, consider a couple of Bible passages that have long intrigued me.

Throughout the book of Romans Paul drives the recipients of His letter to the heart of the Gospel. He allows space for the questioning heart and yet holds a strong stand in pointing his reader back...

Much of the recruitment for missions in general and missionaries specifically centers on heightening people’s expectations about how God desires to spread his grace abroad and how we have been...

In February 2023 Turkiye and Syria experienced enormous earthquakes. As a result, over 50,000 people died and 1.5 million are displaced and homeless. How do people surround by such devastation...

One of the significant milestones in my faith came during my senior year in college. I was at the bottom of an eighteen-month spiral that began with a career-ending football injury. As I sat across...

It was August of 2009 and we were a little over a month into our time living in the Arabian Gulf. It was crazy hot (and humid) and Ramadan had just begun. We knew what to expect from a religious...

Martin Luther encouraged Christians to consider making the book of Romans the daily diet of the soul. It's no secret Romans played a pivotal role in his discovery which sparked the Protestant...

Sometimes we just need to know what's next in our spiritual lives. As a teenager, I remember wanting a one-page overview to help me figure out priorities and what to do next.

Last time, we talked about Lament and why it is a necessary part of a Christian’s life. Mark Vroegop, in his book Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy defines lament this way: “Lament is the honest cry of a...

Starting a new group from an existing group, or multiplying, can be painful - but so is dieting and exercise or earning a college degree. Just because something is painful or challenging doesn’t...

"Grief is un-tame. I want to control it. I want it to bend to my wants and wishes....My grief and your grief won't look the same, but this tool of Lament is a gift from the Lord that we can all use....

"The shaking, the quaking, all seems gone. ...

People learn best by watching and doing. Luke 6:40 is talking about discipleship when it says, “...everyone who is fully trained will be like his teacher.” We can’t overlook the importance of...

New leaders are vital to the long-term health of the church and our Small Groups. We also know that it's easy for us to get caught up in life's day-to-day demands. We often don't consider the...

We all know the excitement of sending out a missionary. That Sunday morning comes. The prayer cards are given out. The missionary is on stage. We pray for the missionary. We are excited and maybe get...