Though it is common to assert women speak more words a day than men, it appears more likely that men and women use a similar amount of words per day.* Regardless of whether or not that’s true, our words are not few. I’m reminded today that all of my words matter, particularly when it comes…
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Derek Webb is an ex-Christian. For those of you who may not be familiar with Derek Webb, he is a musician that played in the Christian band Caedmon’s Call in the 1990s and early 2000s before embarking on a solo career. Derek wrote songs grappling with theological truth, ranging from topics about God’s sovereign election (“Thankful”),…
What’s the difference between the past and history? Perhaps that seems like a silly question, but at the professional level historians make a distinction between the two. Though history deals with the past, for the historian, the past and history are not necessarily equivalent. Nathan Finn explains this idea when he writes, “Professional historians make…
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Photo by Ben White on Unsplash Pray. Sure, I pray every week but there is more intensity and frequency in my prayer life leading up to Easter. And I pray with more expectancy, too. Invite liberally. I don’t know how many people I invited to our services at Easter, but I’m certain it was more than what I…
Photo by GEORGE ALEXANDRU NOVAC on Unsplash The Israelites had finally made it. After 400 years enslaved in Egypt and 40 years wandering the desert, they were about to enter the Promised Land. As God parted the Jordan River, Joshua led the people over. But before He released His hold on the waters, God commanded that they gather…
Photo by Kathy Hillacre on Unsplash Each of the below links are to content we believe will help you become a better follower of Jesus and consequently, a more faithful leader and/or church member. I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoy the team I get to work with. That’s not the case with a lot of my…
*This article originally appeared at For the Church (ftc.co). When someone like Rachel Held Evans responds to something Tim Keller tweets, especially when she responds negatively, social media heats up a few degrees. Last December, Tim Keller tweeted: “Evangelicals have generally believed in the authority of the whole Bible, in contrast to mainline Protestants, who…
On Tuesday, Nathan wrote a post on how he has learned to be thankful, rather than jealous and grouchy, about other churches in his city. But what about when we feel we have cause to be grouchy? Maybe we hear that those churches are watering down the gospel, obscuring it by majoring on preferences/tradition, or…
Theology Along the Way 