What It Means to Have Living Hope

Does Critical Theory Actually Matter for Me Today?

Bradley G. Green

The terms or phrases “critical theory,” or “critical race theory,” or “cultural Marxism” have been fairly dominant in the blogosphere and news cycles and the various news feeds in recent years.

The Profound Connection Between Joy and Repentance

Chris Brauns

There’s an interesting paradox with repentance in that it’s both a time of grief and a time of joy. We see that in the language of Luke 15.

Pastors, Do You Encourage Your Congregation with the Sacraments?

Coleman M. Ford, Shawn J. Wilhite

The Spirit is at work in all aspects of worship and ministry, but the two sacraments (or ordinances) provide special physical pictures of his powerful work of spiritual transformation.

How Do We Know If Repentance Is Genuine?

Chris Brauns

Fake repentance can look remarkably like the real thing. But even if it is difficult to distinguish godly grief from worldly sorrow, we need not despair that it is impossible.

7 Ways a Husband Can Take Initiative in Showing Love to His Wife

Jonathan Leeman

Husband, you’re not your wife’s sinless, all-wise redeemer. She has one: Christ. Yet Christ died to save the church and to make the church holy before the Father.

5 Things We Lose When We Subtract Evangelism from the Christian Life

Sharonda Cooper

The real reason many of us avoid evangelism is the relational risk it brings. We don’t want people to avoid us. We fear losing friends. We dread awkward interactions.