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Christian Living

Advent: Hope in the In-Between

Advent Shows Us How to Wait with Expectancy Sunday, December 3rd, marks week one of Advent, which is all about hope. Hope often looks like…
Theology

Discovering the Reason for the Holy Spirit’s Conviction

Had an enlightening conversation awhile back. It moved me to ponder the likelihood there are many Christians who’ve only experienced half the Gospel, the hard…
Theology

The Balance Between the Spiritual & Physical World

Twice a month we have a kids club in our neighborhood. As the main teacher, I get to interact with the kids and sharpen my…
Theology
Critiquing Cessationism: The Gifts of the Spirit & the Church Today
Theology
Finite sins and eternal punishment
Gospel
Three Reflections on the Power, Hope, and Triumph of Easter
Theology
Worship: Participation in the Trinity
Discipleship
The Blessings of the Exile
Theology
What is Faith?
Culture

Praying With People Online: Key Lessons I’ve Learned

Every day for the past year (since March of 2020) I have thought about what is meant when we say a "healthy church" while leading…
Culture

The Gospel for the Church After Orlando

“I don’t know how, but by the glory of God, he shoots at my head but hits my hand.” --Angel Colon, survivor of the Orlando…
Culture

Thoughts on the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church Shooting

I’ve been processing the tragedy that occurred Sunday morning. I was about to wrap up my teaching about 300 miles north of Sutherland Springs in…
Culture
“Contented: In All Things Peace”
Culture
Amanda Berry Smith
Culture
Don’t Sell Your Birthright, Pastors Perspective, How to Live Like Jesus in Election Season & More
Culture
Eight Things I Would Say to Kanye If I Could
Culture
Questions About Systemic Racism, With Benjamin Morrison
Culture
Ad Astra: A Film Review
Gospel

God and Social Justice

For many Christians, the term “social justice” (or “social gospel”) is a dirty word. A simple study of contemporary Protestant history in America reveals why.…
Culture

Finding Community and Hope: The Spiritual Needs of Ukrainian Refugees

By Sharon Markey, with Olya Syniuk as co-author You never get used to war. Over a year has passed since the beginning of Russia's full-scale…
Gospel

Seven Moments That Demonstrate Global Missions Matter

When an individual Christian or the key leaders and members of a local church come to understand the bigger picture of God’s plan for humanity…
Gospel
Advent: The Son
Gospel
Never Outgrow the Gospel
Culture
Rural America Matters Too
Gospel
The Real Meaning of Palm Sunday
Gospel
Three Thoughts on Effective Short Term Missions
Culture
A Response To Jordan Peterson from a Protestant Christian Pastor
Articles

Women’s Bible Study, Where Are You?

As I talk with women involved in ministry all over the world, I hear similar themes repeated over and over such as, “Women these days…
Announcements

Introducing The Cultivate Church Planting Podcast!

We are excited to announce the launch of the Cultivate Church Planting podcast! Hosted by Brian Kelly, this podcast will feature insightful and inspiring conversations…
Ministry & Leadership

The Success of Succession: When Church Leaders Are Pressed to Compromise

When Protestants broke with Rome in the 15th Century, Rome countered the Protestant departure with a claim to Apostolic succession: "Look," they said, "Our leaders…
Ministry & Leadership
How Does CGN Support Women in Ministry Leadership?
Ministry & Leadership
Seven Ways Modern Church Leadership Can Walk by Faith
Ministry & Leadership
Essential Lessons for the Church Planter’s Wife
Ministry & Leadership
God is in Seattle: A Compelling Interview with Pastor Wayne Taylor
Discipleship
Women Called by God: Madeleine Barot from the WWII French Resistance
Christian Living
Three Key Steps in the ART of Letting God Lead
Discipleship

Why Zeal for Jesus is Important

"It is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing” (Galatians 4:18). “A fanatic is just someone who is more excited than you…
Discipleship

Bridge Building + Creating a Disciple-Making Culture

Calvary Nexus just hosted a luncheon called a Connection Gathering attended by 89 leaders from Calvary Chapel and other like-minded evangelical churches from Los Angeles,…
Discipleship

Three Reasons Not to Fear

We are living in scary times. It seems every time I log on my social media accounts or look at the news, there is another…
Christian Living
Partaking of God’s Word but Spiritually Starving: The Criticality of Meditation
Discipleship
Why Does God Make Us Wait?
Discipleship
Wake Up To The Story – Resisting Apathy pt.1
Articles
Iron Sharpening Iron
Discipleship
Quiet Time in a Garbage Dump
Christian Living
The Word Made Flesh: How Scripture Anchored My Soul through Stormy Trials
Christian Living

Uncertainty Opens the Door for Faith

"But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a…
Christian Living

When God Has Another Plan

The pain got worse, as all my gym friends surrounded me on the ground, and I heard one of them whisper to the other, “Oooh,…
Christian Living

Who Determines What Mercy Looks Like?

"But the Lord was with Joseph and showed him mercy, and He gave him favor in the sight of the keeper of the prison" (Genesis…
Christian Living
Stolen Valour & The Christian Life
Christian Living
Hannah, Sarah, and Hagar: A Brief Study in Character Analogy
Christian Living
Consecration, Hope & Prayer
Christian Living
Don’t Quit
Christian Living
A Time of Lament
Christian Living
Elisabeth Elliot Part 1