Learning Faithful Faith from the Church in Niger
“And when [the Holy Spirit] comes, he will convince the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment.” (John 16:8) The Holy Spirit creates an amazing contrast for the world. He brings the dead back to life, and He replaces a sinful nature with the divine nature of Jesus Christ....
Jake Sutherlin
How Does Jesus Call Us to Both Salvation and Discipleship?
This is Question #3 from Mark E. Moore’s Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition.
Mark E. Moore
Mark E. Moore
Why Is Faith a Necessary Response to Grace?
This is Question #2 in Mark Moore’s Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition.
Mark E. Moore
Mark E. Moore
What Is Faith?
This is Question #1 in Mark E. Moore’s Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition.
Mark E. Moore
Mark E. Moore
Learning to Pray: Rejoice (Part 2 of P.R.A.Y.)
Prayer is more challenging than we’d like to admit. At its most basic elements, prayer is having a conversation with God. Sounds easy enough. But what if you don’t know what to say? What if you never hear anything from God? What if you get distracted? It’s easy to see where things fall apart. We...
Joshua Branham
New Birth: Conversion and Baptism
A GUIDEBOOK ON WHY AND HOW TO BE SAVED Why do we need a spiritual “new birth”? How is it even possible? The concept sounded strange to Jesus’ audience. It can sound even stranger in our day, when many wonder…
How Do We Share the Gospel?
This is Question #5 in Matthew W. Bates’s The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News About Jesus Christ the King.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
5 Bible Verses on My Mind as I Watch Afghanistan Crumble
“The Taliban are now in control.” Those are the words one Afghan Christian whispered to Mark Morris, leader of Refugee Memphis, as they sang worship songs in church last Sunday. They were in the middle of singing “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” when the news came, yet they finished the song like always with,...
Daniel McCoy
Grieving, Praying, and Hoping for Afghanistan – Q&A with Chris Dewelt
*Editor’s Note: Following the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the Taliban recaptured the country. This is a very frightening situation for a great many people, including Afghan Christians, women and girls, and those who partnered with the US during its twenty-year military presence in Afghanistan. How should Christians feel and respond? How can we pray?...
Chris Dewelt
Introduction to Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition
Author Mark E. Moore introduces his book Faithful Faith: Reclaiming Faith from Culture and Tradition and gives an overview of the book.
Mark E. Moore
Mark E. Moore
Sermon on the Mount: Contempt
As of Matthew 5:21, we are officially past the introductory parts of the Sermon on the Mount. The meat of the sermon is framed by two statements about fulfilling the law and the prophets (5:17-20; 7:12). On this theme, Jesus will spend the rest of Matthew 5 exposing ways that people keep the letter of...
Jeremy Bacon
Who Is the God of the Gospel?
This is Question #4 in Matthew W. Bates’s The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
This Person Has Enormous Power Over You
What can a single Bible verse do? Besides being useful for church kids to memorize? Besides wall décor in Christian homes? The truth is, though small, a Bible verse can be the same kind of small as a lit match that sets a forest ablaze. One such Bible verse was Romans 1:17 (“a righteousness that...
Daniel McCoy
How Is Jesus’ Kingship Beneficial?
This is Question #3 in Matthew W. Bates’s The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
Why Do We Need Royal Good News?
This is Question #2 in Matthew W. Bates’s The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News about Jesus Christ the King.
Matthew W. Bates
Matthew W. Bates
Book Review: The Man Called Messiah, by Corey Stumne
Have you ever wanted to hit the brakes on a moment, letting it slowly unfold to savor every precious detail? We long for this ability in life’s small moments like vacation, date night, laughter with our children, and a meal between friends. We even go to great lengths to freeze time for weddings and life’s...
Joel Singleton