An excerpt from Mark Galli’s upcoming book God Wins written as a response to Rob Bell’s Love Wins: There are questions, and then there are questions. In Love Wins, there are lots of questions—eighty-six in the first chapter alone. The book you are currently reading will address a number of them, because they are good …
Helpful thoughts from David Hampton as he explains the background to the current arc of Services at Christ Community Church, Franklin, Tennessee, USA. I was having a conversation with a friend today who pointed out that Jesus never led with the punch line. He always carefully and thoughtfully drew his listeners in with the art …
From Tullian Tchividjian: So, here’s a good litmus test: whether it’s a sermon, a book, a blog post, or a tweet–if the lasting impression you get causes you to focus more on what you must do than on what Christ has done, the gospel has not been communicated and the communicator (albeit, unwittingly) is no …
Short and to the point by Craig Barnes. “But take care and watch yourselves closely…” (Deuteronomy 4:9) O Lord, as you know, I am pretty attentive to the whirling circumstances around me. You could, and probably would, say that I am attentive to the point of anxiety. But I don’t watch myself very closely. My …
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