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Real Hope for the Depressed Soul – Part 3

This is part 3 of a 3 part series. You can find part 1 and part 2 here: Part 1 Part 2 (Originally published on…

Matt KottmanMay 17, 2023

Discipleship Ministry & Leadership

Training a Church to Love the Depressed – Part 2

This is Part 2 of a 3 part series. You can find Part 1 here: The Church & Victims Of Depression Providing Training In our…

Matt KottmanMay 10, 2023

Discipleship Gospel

The Church & Victims of Depression

The phone rang at 2am again. I knew who it was before answering. In recent weeks, Anita (not her real name) often called in the…

Matt KottmanApril 28, 2023

Culture

Racial Blind Spots, The Church, and the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

“We repeat the mistake continuously in this country of trying to address our racial animus and the violence it fosters as though it were a…

Aaron CampbellMay 25, 2020

Culture

Remember

My grandfather hated mayonnaise. So when my dad and grandfather would get burgers after a hard day’s work in their Unicurve valve factory, the person…

Aaron SzlobodaJanuary 29, 2020

Theology

ECCLESIOLOGY 101: Praying Alone & Praying Together Part 2

In our last installment of Ecclesiology 101, we began to look at how the local church lives and breathes in relationship to prayer. We laid…

Richard CiminoOctober 30, 2019

Culture

Should the Church Embrace Kanye West?

Of the eight studio records that Kanye West has previously released, seven have gone “platinum.” Over the course of his career, he has been nominated…

George ScanlanOctober 28, 2019

Christian Living

Five Ways a Church Becomes Tolerant: The Church of Thyatira

"For it is time for judgment to begin at the household of God; and if it begins with us, what will be the outcome for…

Pilgrim BenhamOctober 24, 2018

Ministry & Leadership

Local Church Involvement with Global Missions: Is It Just a Slice of the Ministry Pie?

"Is there one key conviction or one fundamental ingredient that local churches who send well have in common?" Due to the scope of the ministry…

Jeff JacksonMarch 25, 2018

Gospel Ministry & Leadership

Proclaiming the Gospel According to Charles Spurgeon

THE BOOK A few months ago, I decided to reread Spurgeon's classic work, The Soul Winner. Like most people, my view is that anything Spurgeon…

Derek NeiderMarch 12, 2018

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…

Jon BellNovember 8, 2017

Culture

A Thousand Year Tug of War: The Marriage of Church and State

In many ways, the reign of Constantine over the Roman Empire was one of the most far reaching and influential in western history. One of…

Jasmine AlnuttOctober 25, 2017

Discipleship Ministry & Leadership

What I Should Expect from My Church Part 2

Enjoy the first part of this two part series! While having the wrong expectations from our church can stifle spiritual growth, having the right expectations…

Jon BellOctober 24, 2017

Discipleship

Am I Expecting Too Much from My Church? Part 1

God uses the local church as a powerful instrument for a believer’s spiritual growth and maturity. The early church was a simple model where believers…

Jon BellOctober 19, 2017

Culture

The Era of Constantine: When Church Met State

For the first three hundred years of its existence, the Christian Church was generally viewed by the Roman Empire as either an enigma, a fringe…

Jasmine AlnuttOctober 4, 2017

Real Hope for the Depressed Soul – Part 3

Training a Church to Love the Depressed – Part 2

The Church & Victims of Depression

Racial Blind Spots, The Church, and the Killing of Ahmaud Arbery

Remember

ECCLESIOLOGY 101: Praying Alone & Praying Together Part 2

Should the Church Embrace Kanye West?

Five Ways a Church Becomes Tolerant: The Church of Thyatira

Local Church Involvement with Global Missions: Is It Just a Slice of the Ministry Pie?

Proclaiming the Gospel According to Charles Spurgeon

Thoughts on the Sutherland Springs First Baptist Church Shooting

A Thousand Year Tug of War: The Marriage of Church and State

What I Should Expect from My Church Part 2

Am I Expecting Too Much from My Church? Part 1

The Era of Constantine: When Church Met State

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