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Picture the slice of toast you had for breakfast this morning. How did it get to your table? Farmers tilled the soil, companies produced fertilizers, and logistics teams transported…

God is love, and this truth is a theme that runs throughout the entirety of Scripture. The greatest expression of God’s love for humanity, separated from God through sin, is found…

When I first became a Christian at the age of 20, I was part of a revival that swept through university campuses in the late 70's to the mid 80's. A number of parachurch campus ministries grew in dramatic fashion as…

Within Christian circles, “heart” is one of those words which is used freely without really knowing what it is we are talking about. We use this word so often that…

When was the last time you marveled at the reality that you are an adopted child of God? Too often, Christians understand justification as foundational to their faith, but they overlook…

Throughout the New Testament, Jesus prays that His followers would be one in unity and challenges them to include others from the ends of the earth. But as many church planters find when they endeavor to obey this command, unity on the ground is always…

At the end of last year, I attended a wedding and a funeral on the same day. It was an experience of excruciating sorrow to witness the sudden passing of…

It has been 15 years since 17 people began a new church in Moscow, Russia with faith and prayer. Since then, we have seen amazing fruits of God’s work. The Lord has blessed the local church with remarkable growth, resulting in hundreds of saved individuals, growing ministries…

We are people of resurrection. May we never forget: this is not a tame worldview. It defies what we might consider to be “normal.” Because in God’s economy, dead stuff comes back to life. After three…

Recently, I’ve been reflecting on pastors in persecuted contexts and have been thinking about the concept of lament. As He often does, God…