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How Social Distancing Can Lead to Vibrant Spiritual Growth
What It Means to Trust God
March 25, 2020
5 min
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Pandemic
March 23, 2020
5 min
On Cancelling Worship Services During a Pandemic
March 22, 2020
8 min
Serious Shepherding During a Pandemic: 10 Ideas
March 19, 2020
4 min
Apologetics & Outreach
Women’s Roles & the LGBTQ Agenda: The Same Sermon
Two of the most controversial subjects faced by the church in recent years have been the role...
December 2, 2019
4 min
Practicing Apologetics in an Age Uninterested in Logic
In America, many historical leaders in the church of Christ have been skilled logicians. Because of the...
October 10, 2019
6 min
Who is the Antichrist?
Who is the Antichrist? Our recent political discourse has proposed several solutions to this question including whether...
August 7, 2019
4 min
Non-Negotiable: The Singularity of the Church
We have all heard the statement, “It is not what you say but how you say it.”...
April 2, 2019
5 min
Non-Negotiable: The Divinity of Jesus
The belief that Jesus Christ is a divine being is a foundational doctrine in Christianity. It is...
March 21, 2019
6 min
Bible & Theology
8 Mistakes We Make When Reading the Bible
Christians must read the Bible. It lights our pathway (Psa. 119:105). When the Word of God is ingested and applied to our lives,...
October 3, 2019
7 min
A Question Jesus Didn’t Like
“And desiring to justify himself, he asked, ‘And who is my neighbor?’” The familiar question prompted Jesus to tell the most well-known story...
September 23, 2019
3 min
Killing Sin is Messy
Blood is precious. Bleeding out will kill a person within minutes. When blood is given in a hospital, certain steps must be taken...
September 16, 2019
4 min
Liberalism? No Thank You
In one sense, Christians are to be defined by their liberal qualities. We should be liberal in our contribution to the Lord’s work...
June 10, 2019
8 min
Non-Negotiable: The Sufficiency of Scripture
Human beings enjoy innovation, and our technological progressis a testimony to this fact. Development and creativity go hand in hand with human civilization. We’re always looking to do...
April 5, 2019
5 min
Christian Living
How Social Distancing Can Lead to Vibrant Spiritual Growth
The novel coronavirus has dramatically shut down so many fruitful face-to-face human interactions. The virulent pathogen calls for significant distancing measures to protect...
What It Means to Trust God
We are living in unique times for sure. With the COVID-19 pandemic making its way across the United States, we are facing things...
March 25, 2020
On Cancelling Worship Services During a Pandemic
What we are experiencing today is a once-in-a-100-years pandemic, according to the experts. Perhaps around the year 2120—if the Lord doesn’t burn the...
March 22, 2020
Serious Shepherding During a Pandemic: 10 Ideas
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an...
March 19, 2020
Ministry & Leadership
On Cancelling Worship Services During a Pandemic
What we are experiencing today is a once-in-a-100-years pandemic, according to the experts. Perhaps around the year 2120—if the Lord doesn’t...
What We Should Expect from Preaching
Few things are as misunderstood as preaching. Some view preaching as the “main event” in the worship service each week. Others...
What Congregations Owe Their Teenagers
The teen years are some of the most challenging and yet formative years of a person’s life. As friends are made...
Non-Negotiable: What Do You Believe?
As a young preacher, one of the first congregations I worked with taught me the importance of actually living out the...
Is My Child Ready to be Baptized?
Many Christian parents of young children wrestle with how to answer this question. A child—perhaps somewhere between 5 and 15 years...
Ten Favorite Books of 2018
I love reading books. I did not always like reading, but since I picked up reading again for fun in college,...
Are We Using the Right Measurements?
In just about any church building in the country, one can look around and, usually either in the back of the...
What Does A False Teacher Look Like?
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring...
What Should Visitors Hear When They Visit Your Church?
Picture this: A man and his wife visit our assembly because of a personal invitation or merely because they noticed our...
Letters to the Church: A Review
**This is not a review of the theology of Francis Chan nor of the appropriateness of using denominational material. Those are...
Current Events
How Social Distancing Can Lead to Vibrant Spiritual Growth
The novel coronavirus has dramatically shut down so many fruitful face-to-face human interactions. The virulent pathogen calls for significant distancing measures to protect...
What It Means to Trust God
We are living in unique times for sure. With the COVID-19 pandemic making its way across the United States, we are facing things...
March 25, 2020
5 min
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Pandemic
Children, including teenagers, magnify and exaggerate just about everything in life. Things that are small, they make big in their head. Children and...
March 23, 2020
5 min
On Cancelling Worship Services During a Pandemic
What we are experiencing today is a once-in-a-100-years pandemic, according to the experts. Perhaps around the year 2120—if the Lord doesn’t burn the...
March 22, 2020
8 min
Serious Shepherding During a Pandemic: 10 Ideas
Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an...
March 19, 2020
4 min
Ethics & Morality
How to Talk to Your Kids About the Pandemic
March 23, 2020
5 min
What’s So Bad About A Little Alcohol?
January 28, 2020
7 min
Women’s Roles & the LGBTQ Agenda: The Same Sermon
December 2, 2019
4 min
A Question Jesus Didn’t Like
September 23, 2019
3 min
Killing Sin is Messy
September 16, 2019
4 min