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Family vs. Youth Group: either/or or both/and?
My friend and former colleague, Jon Nielson, offers some thoughtful reflections on the somewhat sticky relationship between family and youth ministries in the church, specifically in terms of the...
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Gospel Mission, Gospel Community: Paul’s Vision for the Church in Philippians
Paul’s letter to the Philippians is perhaps best known for its emphasis on joy. “Complete my joy by being of the same mind…” (2:2). “Finally, my brothers, rejoice in the Lord” (3:1). “Rejoice in the...
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Thinking Like a Church Plant
Next week I’ll be attending the Plant New England conference in Boston, cosponsored by several different ministries: The Gospel Coalition, NETS, 9Marks, and Sovereign Grace. Though I’m not a church...
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Philippians 1:27-2:4: A Gospel-Centered Church
“I would like to buy about three dollars worth of gospel, please. Not too much—just enough to make me happy, but not so much that I get addicted. I don’t want so much gospel that I learn to really hate...
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Is There a Difference between Being “Gospel-centered” and “Christ-centered”?
Being “gospel-centered” is in. Today you can find books or blogs on gospel-centered marriages, gospel-centered families, gospel-powered parenting, gospel-centered ministry, gospel-centered...
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Philippians 3:1-3: Counterfeit Christianities
The danger of a counterfeit is twofold: first, it deceives people into putting their hope and trust in something that can’t deliver. Second, it causes those who are trusting in the genuine article to...
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Is Your Church a Movement, Monument, or Mausoleum?
Ray Ortlund offers some wise and challenging reflections on the identity and aims of a local church. The implications of the following categories are huge and worth much reflection and prayer...
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REAL CHURCH: It’s not what you go to, it’s who you are
When we speak of the church today, we predominantly speak of it as something we go to—a place, a building, an event. Of course most evangelicals will readily admit that the church is not the building...
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The Gospel and Disability
I will never forget the punch to the stomach I felt when, just days after visiting one of my best friends in St. Louis—watching our son, Joshua, playing with Steve and Jen’s daughter, Amelia—we found...
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