For some reason 2nd Thessalonians 3:13 stuck out to me as I read it yesterday… But we ought always to give thanks to God for you, brothers beloved by the Lord, because God chose you as the firstfruits to be saved, through sanctification by the Spirit and belief in the truth (ESV). Here Paul is…
2 Ways Social Media is Changing the Christian Faith
From Tyler: Today’s post is from Jonathan Pearson, a guy I’ve engaged with via social media and blogging a lot over the past year. Jonathan has a passion for understanding and engaging the Millennial generation, and he’s also a great writer. I’m so glad to have him be sharing on this blog today. If you’re…
The Three: Writing Edition
1. A couple weeks back I wrote a guest post for Jeff Goins on how I found the time to write a book in the midst of everything else I had going on in life. It’s the thing #1 people asked me while I was writing the manuscript, and honestly I even surprised myself by…
You Can Change
My internal bias often has me assuming other people always stay the same, while I have the unique ability to change quickly. Somewhere in the middle is probably the truth. With that said, I find it quite amazing how little change so many people experience within their lives. So many people want to accomplish so…
Don’t Do the Work: A Call To Being Unproductive
There’s a common saying regarding eating healthy within our culture today. Some of us have even made it a mantra to live by. “You are what you eat.” In other words, you become what you consume. It’s why my dad would always tell me, “If you eat anymore of those Starburst candies you’ll probably turn…
Moving the Church Beyond the Industrial Revolution
In the early to mid 1800s a significant cultural change took place that had direct ramifications upon the church. Today we know this change as The Industrial Revolution. This change continues even today as people move from rural areas into cities to work white-collar jobs as opposed to the blue-collar jobs many had previously worked…