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Made to Belong

When the church gathers, our purpose is not to sit and consume spiritual content. We gather to worship together, to be challenged through teaching of the Word, to encourage one another, and be strengthened to go back into the world as witnesses of Christ Jesus and makers of disciples. Then, we come back weary from the world to be refreshed by the body so we can be sent back out and do it all again. Hebrews gives us this same pattern: “Let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together…but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24–25). We gather because we need encouragement, and because Christ is coming.

in Theology Matters

“Fancy Nancy” Theology: Big Words, Bigger Gospel

Jesus Christ – God the Son – willingly took on the limitations of a baby’s body. The God who spoke the world into existence humbled Himself to be taught how to speak. The One who breathed life into Adam had to learn to walk. He grew up. He experienced hunger and fatigue and grief. In Gethsemane, in the final hours before his arrest, He was in such anguish that His sweat became like drops of blood. He prayed to the Father that, if there was any other way, this cup would pass from Him. That is not the prayer of someone who was indifferent to what was coming. That is the prayer of someone who felt the full weight of it and chose it anyway. He chose it willingly – knowingly – for us.

in Theology Matters

Your Thoughts About God Matter More Than You Think

So, why do our thoughts about God (i.e. theology) matter so much? Because our understanding of God shapes everything else. If we get God wrong – His character, His nature, how He reveals Himself to His people, His love, His divinity, His sovereignty – we’ll likely get every other doctrine wrong. Every Christian belief finds its beginning in who God is.

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The Beautiful Mess of Marriage: Lies, Love, and Gospel Truth

You know something we don’t talk about enough with young doe-eyed dreamers swept up in a bubble of love? Building a strong, Gospel-centered marriage requires work. Hard work. Sacrificial work. It requires time you might not think you have. It demands vulnerability that feels risky. It asks you to examine areas of your heart that you’d rather leave alone. There’s no shortcut to a thriving marriage. You have to lean into the hard, sometimes uncomfortable, but always worthwhile work of growing together. A motto I’ve come to again and again in various season and applications of life is this: You have to value the results over the discomfort of change.

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My Song

*originally posted October 2016 One day not too long ago my quiet time in prayer revealed a song in my heart that I never knew was there. Words came flooding up out of my spirit like they had been there all of my life, and yet I hardly recognized them.  It was as if a secret longing in my heart had…
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Made to Belong

When the church gathers, our purpose is not to sit and consume spiritual content. We gather to worship together, to be challenged through teaching of the Word, to encourage one another, and be strengthened to go back into the world as witnesses of Christ Jesus and makers of disciples. Then, we come back weary from the world to be refreshed by the body so we can be sent back out and do it all again. Hebrews gives us this same pattern: “Let us consider one another in order to provoke love and good works, not neglecting to gather together…but encouraging each other, and all the more as you see the day approaching” (Hebrews 10:24–25). We gather because we need encouragement, and because Christ is coming.

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