God designed the church to center on the gospel—the good news that God rescues sinners through the person and work of Jesus. Placing the gospel at the center of our ministry to students leads us to emphasize discipleship…
“As we disciple our families, it is helpful to consider citizenship as a spiritual discipline, a habit of devotion. After all, politics is deeply concerned with the allegiance and affections of the heart.”
Spiritual mothering is a calling for all Christian women regardless of age, marital status, or fertility. God desires for us to not only create physical life but also nurture spiritual life.
Asking for help is not only biblical, but also an essential tool in developing our ministries. Above all, it offers us an opportunity to see the total sufficiency of our true Helper.
We are always in danger of what Stephen Covey called the tyranny of the urgent. In youth ministry, this often means we run from meeting to meeting: with students in crisis, with anxious parents, with timid leaders and…
I just finished reading Michael McGarry’s new book A Biblical Theology of Youth Ministry: Teenagers in the Life of the Church (Randall House Academic, 2019). Simply put, thisis one of the more surprising books I’ve ever read. I…
As someone early in the process of being a father, here are a few things fathers are called to biblically.
Bible Storying helps to establish foundational truths such as God’s nature and the reality of sin, which makes the gospel good news to the soul.
I remember hearing a story of a six-year old boy who said he wanted to pray at the dinner table like dad. The father told him to go ahead, and the son began with: “God, thank you for…
