Hannah’s Story Is Our Story
The story of David is all about Israel’s search for identity, security, and happiness—a search that we share as well. Which is why...
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Aug 24, 20203 min read
How to Turn Misery Into Ministry
Anyone can be happy when things are going well. But can you have joy when they aren’t? Flipping through the TV channels with my kids a...
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Jul 6, 20205 min read
16 Chapters, One Theme: The Gospel Is Hope
The greatest Christian leaders for the last two thousand years have maintained that Romans is the most important theological book ever...
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Jun 25, 20204 min read
The Believer’s Hope: Know Christ, Be Like Christ, Be With Christ
We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Rayshard Brooks—and the subsequent protests...
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Jun 11, 20202 min read
God Loves You and Keeps His Promises. Is That Enough for You?
We drafted this post prior to the deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd—and the subsequent protests around the...
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Apr 2, 20203 min read
How to Proclaim Hope in the Shadow of Death
What’s the one thing people are looking for right now? (Well, other than toilet paper and face masks.) It’s hope. Yet Jesus tells us in...
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Mar 17, 20204 min read
Lessons From My Last Lockdown
The following is an email one of our staff members shared with his team. It was a pastoral reminder about our role as church leaders...
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Jan 10, 20203 min read
A Decade of Disillusionment, The Division of the United Methodist Church, & Why Public Discours
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Oct 28, 20193 min read
What It Means to Be “More Than a Conqueror”
It’s interesting that in Romans 8:35, Paul lists affliction and distress and persecution and famine and nakedness and danger and sword in...
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Oct 16, 20193 min read
Bring Your Pain to God: Strength for Today and Bright Hope for Tomorrow
Many Christians believe that if we live like we are supposed to, we can avoid—or at least minimize—suffering. A related assumption is...
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Sep 23, 20194 min read
Romans 8:28: Three Pillars of Hope in the Midst of Suffering
Romans 8:28 is one of the most well-known verses in the Bible: “We know that all things work together for the good of those who love God...
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Feb 6, 20193 min read
Your Storms Are Real. But Jesus Is Bigger.
You and I are not facing the same kinds of persecution the Apostle John was when Jesus appeared to him in a prison cell on the island of...
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Dec 21, 20182 min read
Online Shame Storms, Death and Hope at Christmas, & The Best (No Really) Books of 2018
Wisdom for Your Weekend is your regular installment of what we’ve been reading (and watching) around the web. Presented to you by Chris...
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Sep 19, 20184 min read
In the Valley of Despair, Call to Mind God’s Goodness
Picture the prophet Jeremiah in a dungeon, sunk up to his armpits in mud, wrestling with the prospect that he might never see his family...
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Jun 12, 20185 min read
Humility and Hope: My Prayer for the Southern Baptist Convention
This afternoon the Southern Baptist Convention voted to elect me as its 62nd president. I am at once honored and humbled to step into...
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Aug 16, 20175 min read
When “Better Days” Aren’t Ahead: Five Lessons of Life-Giving Hope
Things were unraveling quickly for Judah, the southern kingdom of Israel, around 600 B.C. The northern kingdom, Israel, had already been...
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Aug 14, 20173 min read
Righteously Angry, Graciously Hopeful: In Light of Charlottesville
Many people in our congregation—and around the country—are still reeling from the astounding and horrid protests in Charlottesville, VA...
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Jun 7, 20174 min read
You’re Bored with Jesus; Here’s Why
Do you often feel dry spiritually? Or just cold? Like something is missing? Many people have been Christians since they were little. They...
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