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Kenneth Berding — October 17, 2025
I recently read a deep and thoughtful book on Christian living entitled A Heart Aflame for God: A Reformed Approach to Spiritual Formation . I...
Kevin Lawson — October 10, 2025
If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and...
Si yo hablase lenguas humanas y angélicas, y no tengo amor, vengo a ser como metal que resuena, o címbalo que retiñe. Y si tuviese profecía, y...
Joanne Jung — October 01, 2025
“Let’s start a movement!” is what I started my class session with one day in Fall 2025. To a room full of university students, their attention was...
Kevin Lawson — September 26, 2025
So flee youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart. Have nothing...
Huye también de las pasiones juveniles, y sigue la justicia, la fe, el amor y la paz, con los que de corazón limpio invocan al Señor. Pero desecha...
Kevin Lawson — September 12, 2025
But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. I fed you with milk, not solid food,...
De manera que yo, hermanos, no pude hablaros como a espirituales, sino como a carnales, como a niños en Cristo. Os di a beber leche, y no vianda;...
Ed Stetzer — September 10, 2025
This post is part four of four in the series “Renewing Expository Preaching.” Read part one , part two and part three . Preaching should be...
Ed Stetzer — September 03, 2025
This post is part three of four in the series “Renewing Expository Preaching.” Read part one and part two . In this series, I am encouraging a...
Kevin Lawson — August 29, 2025
But if you call yourself a Jew and rely on the law and boast in God and know his will and approve what is excellent, because you are instructed...
He aquí, tú tienes el sobrenombre de judío, y te apoyas en la ley, y te glorías en Dios, y conoces su voluntad, e instruido por la ley apruebas lo...
Ed Stetzer — August 27, 2025
This post is part two of four in the series “Renewing Expository Preaching.” Read part one here . Expository preaching is the best, but not the...
Ed Stetzer — August 20, 2025
This blog post is part one of four in the series “Renewing Expository Preaching.” Expository preaching plays a vital role in the life of the...
Ed Stetzer — August 13, 2025
Church matters, and because church matters, what we mean by church matters. The New Testament presents the church as both universal and local, but...
Gary McIntosh — July 16, 2025
“I just don’t get it,” pastor Randy Gallo (not his real name) commented, while holding the cell phone closer to his ear. “During the announcements...
Gary McIntosh — July 07, 2025
“When are you going to mow the lawn, pastor?” The question astonished pastor Miller (not his real name). He had only served Crossroads Church for...
Gary McIntosh — June 30, 2025
Pastors seize an adventurous, daring enterprise — making disciples of all people! The last words of Jesus to his disciples included a command to “...
Kenneth Berding — June 27, 2025
Everyone is not equally temptable. One person can be severely tempted by something that another person barely or is not-at-all tempted. Some...
Gary McIntosh — June 18, 2025
One of the most difficult challenges for a pastor is to determine what to do with one’s time during the day. No one typically holds a pastor...
Gary McIntosh — June 11, 2025
If you visit your local bank or credit union, you may run into the president in the lobby. She will shake your hand, welcome you, and say how...
Gary McIntosh — May 28, 2025
One of the most overlooked dynamics shaping the lives of modern people is their daily commute to work. It’s a quiet ritual repeated by millions...
Kevin Lawson — May 23, 2025
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will...
« Un mandamiento nuevo os doy: Que os améis unos a otros; como yo os he amado, que también os améis unos a otros. En esto conocerán todos que sois...
John McKinley — May 19, 2025
Theological education can be overwhelming for many people. Formal study is located outside the church in seminaries. Podcasts are helpful for some...