Author: Administrador

Why Meet in Person? Over the past few months, most churches have stopped meeting in person. A global pandemic, government regulations, and a desire to serve each other and society have kept us from gathering. Instead, we’ve held “services” online, met “virtually,” and used technology to connect. Many churches are now resuming our meetings, or … Continue reading “10 Reasons to Come Back to Church after COVID-19”

Many people are afraid that when they die they’re going to be immersed in darkness. After all, when you close your eyes, it’s dark. And when we see a person who is dead, his or her eyes are closed. So it’s easy to make that connection between darkness and death. But not only is the … Continue reading “You’ll Still Be You”

Q: What does it mean to be sanctified? A: To be sanctified is to have your faith simplified, clarified, and deepened. You need God. You know God. You love God. You see life, God, yourself, others more truly. And to grow as a saint is to grow in actually loving people. How other people are … Continue reading “5 Questions About Sanctification”

A Daily Staple Right now I have one breakfast food: oatmeal and almond butter. This is pretty much what I eat every morning—or at least, every morning where I have time between waking up and making the two-minute trek to work from my room. To be sure, it can get a little boring. Of course, … Continue reading “Help! I Can’t Stay Consistent with My Bible Reading”

John Stott is well known as an evangelist, preacher and writer, and a major influence of contemporary evangelicalism. But he was also a passionate bird-watcher. As a child, he collected butterflies. But, in the midst of a sibling squabble, a cushion landed on his collection. It was destroyed. So Stott turned to birds. The church … Continue reading “What John Stott Learned About Theology From Bird-Watching”

In Matthew 22, when someone asked Jesus Christ, almighty God incarnate, what is the most important command in the entire Old Testament, he didn’t hesitate in his answer. Recalling Deuteronomy 6:5 Jesus replies, ”You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.” Jesus … Continue reading “The Foundations of Family Discipleship”

The Bible’s Sweeping Story Many Christians know key doctrines or various texts within the Bible, but they often miss the sweep of the Bible’s big story and how it connects to Christ. The Bible tells the true story of the world, and therefore how our lives find their deepest meaning within this story. Every church … Continue reading “7 Ways to Use ‘Unfolding Grace’ in Your Church”

A God Big Enough Are we going to choose the answer of God or gods? The difficulty with gods instead of God is that limited gods are not big enough. To have an adequate answer of a personal beginning, we need two things. We need a personal-infinite God (or an infinite-personal God), and we need … Continue reading “God Is Infinite and Personal”

Where Is God in Suffering? Suffering usually ambushes us. Things seem fine, and suddenly we get a bad case of the flu, we’re thrown into grief over the loss of a loved one, or we start a series of painful treatments for cancer. This coronavirus pandemic and the anxiety that accompanies it—worry about our health, … Continue reading “Suffering and Hope in the Time of COVID-19”

The Problem of Monotheism It is tempting in our melting-pot societies to think that living alongside people of different faiths is a purely modern phenomenon. But people of different religious beliefs have been coexisting for millennia, sometimes in conflict and sometimes in peace. One way in which religious difference was negotiated was through polytheism. This … Continue reading “Why Jesus Cannot Be One Truth Among Many”