The Gospel and the Church

Beauty on the Inside Around the corner from where I live, a house is for sale. In bold green letters, the lawn sign reads: “I’m Gorgeous Inside!” The message is surprising. From the street, the house is thoroughly ordinary, even run-down. It’s a seventies-era raised ranch with dingy white vinyl siding and a location on […]

Is It Possible to Love Jesus but Not the Church? from Crossway on Vimeo. Is the Church Ugly or Beautiful? People find the church ugly because their focus and their vision is on the wrong thing. It’s on the wrong person, if you will. They’re focused on those who make up the church: sinners. Albeit

See the Church Differently “I love Jesus but not the church.” This is seemingly the increasing cry of our generation. Many of us can think back to a time in our lives when specific people within the church, and sometimes in the name of the church, hurt us. That hurt can run deep and be

I write this article not only as someone who has studied pastoral ministry and has a great deal of ministry experience but also as a friend to pastors. Over the years, one of the topics that I’ve committed to studying is pastors’ mental health and well-being. I studied pastoral ministry at Bible College and seminary,

These are strange, sad times we live in, and a perfect season for the glory of the Christian gospel and the light of Christ’s church to shine brighter than ever before. But how? While countless headlines and speeches declare the value of every human life— in the midst of a global pandemic, in the middle

Formal Church Membership If every Christian is a universal church member, why bother committing to membership in a local church? As an elder in a local church who desires to see believers commit to the church in membership and flourish in a covenant community, this is a question I am asked frequently. My answer comes

Athanasius was born in the late third century A.D. (295). Little is known about his family or educational background, except that he was trained for the ministry at the historic center in Alexandria, Egypt. He had a great passion for God and his Word, which inspired his friend Gregory of Nazianzus to write, “From meditating