While there are many worthwhile activities and communities our families may be involved in, the church should take precedence because it is ordained by God as the vessel through which he brings his kingdom to earth
The strongest possible affirmation anyone could give of women is that they get to be like Jesus. That’s what Peter says to the women he addresses in this passage, and it’s the good word we get to proclaim to our students today.
In the strength of Christ, there is grace to love the teen God has given you, to pray fervently knowing that God always hears, and to share readily the faithfulness of God amidst the struggle.
A primary reason I attend church is to learn from, listen to, and partner with parents as we disciple their students together.
Part of God’s lovely design in calling us to lift the burdens of others is that our own burdens become lighter.
Praising God alone is beautiful, yet it is only a facet of the diamond that is the fully-embodied, gospel-centered community of real individuals, in real time.
The word church in the New Testament literally means “the gathering,“ which tells us something about what he intended it to look like.
The commitment to return to in-person church activities is an investment that will cost us some of the freedoms we might have enjoyed during the lockdown.
When we participate in the church, we are living out vows we made to God on behalf of all the church’s children – including our own- when they were baptized.
