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Theology

What is Faith?

An important term for the Christian is “faith.” But what are we talking about when we speak of faith? So often our thinking gets cloudy…
Articles

How Strongholds Threaten a Biblical Worldview

I have often written about the need for a genuinely biblical framework for all of life.1 The challenge, of course, is with that word genuinely.…
Articles

When God Crushes Your Dreams … and Why It’s Good. (Lessons from Babel)

As humans, we all have dreams and aspirations. We want to build, create, and achieve great things. It's natural to desire success, recognition, and a…
Theology
Five Points on the Mission Statement of a Christ Follower
Theology
Sola Scriptura: Biblical Authority And The People Of God
Christian Living
Parenting, Perseverance, and God’s Love
Theology
ECCLESIOLOGY 101: How the Local Church Lives and Breathes Led by the Spirit
Theology
What is the Trinity?
Culture
What is Postmodernism, and Why Should we care?
Culture

CGN Leadership Statement on Racism

Preamble In response to the historic, present, and ongoing discrimination against people of color in the United States of America (USA), which has been too…
Culture

War in Ukraine: A Year of Abiding Grace

5:00 a.m. I awoke abruptly to my phone ringing in my apartment in Budapest, Hungary. It was February 24, 2022. “They’re bombing Kyiv. We’re at…
Culture

Faith and Politics: A Historical Christian Perspective Part 2

This article is part 2 of a 3 part series written by Michael Chaddick. You can find part 1 here: calvarychapel.flywheelsites.com In our previous article,…
Culture
The Link: Contextualizing the Gospel, Real World Questions, When to Stop Studying & More
Culture
A Call to Clean Hands and a Pure Heart: Amid COVID-19
Culture
Government Intimidation of Pastors in Houston Texas? A Christian Response
Culture
The Link: Kanye West, Are Christians Intolerant, Ecclesiology 101 & More
Culture
The Link: Michael Behe on COVID-19, CGN – Leading During Covid-19, Help During the Exodus to Online & More
Culture
A Gospel Response to Racial Injustice
Announcements

Announcing The Cultivate Church Planter’s Program

Are you ready to answer the call of church planting?  The Gospel is the hope of the world, and the world needs more Gospel-centered churches.…
Gospel

Knowing God

Originally published on Feb 17, 2014   "What were we made for? What aim should we set ourselves in life? What is the best thing…
Gospel

Mecca Moslems vs. Medina Moslems

Many find it confusing that in some places the Quran encourages peace, and in others it says to “kill the infidels.” The Quran was not…
Announcements
Introducing The Cultivate Church Planting Podcast!
Articles
The Man Of War
Gospel
Seven Moments That Demonstrate Global Missions Matter
Culture
Seeing, Hearing, Caring: Finding Jesus Standing With The Hurting
Gospel
Pierced by the Lord: Thoughts on Good Friday
Gospel
Isaiah 41: Easter and the World
Ministry & Leadership

Why Pastors Should Partner with Churches Outside Their Movement

We Used to be Considered a Cult This picture (above) requires a little explanation. Our church, Golgota, is a member of the Alliance of Christian…
Ministry & Leadership

What Does It Mean to Teach “the Whole Counsel of God”?

In Acts 20:26 Paul the Apostle tells the leaders of the Ephesian church that he innocent of their blood because, during his time in Ephesus,…
Christian Living

Keeping the Main thing the Main Thing

We were about six months into our church plant in Oregon, when I headed out one day to a nearby lake just to spend some…
Ministry & Leadership
10 Easter Tips for Pastors
Ministry & Leadership
Introducing the Temporary Tenants Podcast
Ministry & Leadership
Biblical Femininity: God’s Unique Design for Women
Ministry & Leadership
CGN Leading Podcast: Conference Conversations Episodes!
Ministry & Leadership
Church Van E02-Brian Brodersen Part 2
Ministry & Leadership
Best Of Series: Matt Redman on the “Heart of Worship”
Discipleship

Mary Magdelene’s Perspective on Christ’s Resurrection

A historical fiction: The agony of the moment was of the severest variety. I was in such torment. I'd been tormented by demons before, but…
Discipleship

Our Great Creator: A Study in the Book of Genesis

Have you ever asked yourself, How did I get here? Where did everything come from? What is the meaning of it all? The answers to…
Christian Living

Should a Pastor Ever Say No When You Ask for Help?

Ask yourself this question, do the words I use matter? The answer should be a resounding, “Yes!” rhetoric is the art of discourse; an art…
Christian Living
Ten Helpful Tips for Fruitful Daily Worship
Discipleship
Declaring His Glory Among the Nations: How Are We Doing? Part 1
Discipleship
Good Fear / Bad Fear — Understanding the Difference
Discipleship
Five Points on Our Need for Community
Discipleship
Why You Should Not Take Offense
Christian Living
Real Hope for the Depressed Soul – Part 3
Christian Living

In Returning and Rest

God in His creative genius has created a double purpose for some fruit: to protect the seed within it and to nourish the one who…
Christian Living

The Word Made Flesh: How Scripture Anchored My Soul through Stormy Trials

Like most women, I have faced many difficult trials throughout my life. What has steadied me and brought me through with hope? The Word of…
Christian Living

There’s No Place Like a Godly Home

“How joyful are those who fear the Lord” (Psalm 128:1).“A happy family is but an early heaven.” - George Bernard Shaw “There’s No Place Like…
Christian Living
Seven Minutes and Seven Years
Christian Living
Florence Nightingale Part 2
Christian Living
Why Do We Suffer?
Christian Living
I Invited My Trans Friend to My Baptism
Christian Living
Veiling and Unveiling: Dramatic Irony in Genesis 38
Christian Living
Hannah More Part 1