The northern California Pentecostal megachurch Destiny Christian Church has preliminarily agreed to assume leadership of Sacramento’s Capital Christian Center, which is suffering from the “destabilization of its financial foundation” and…
Month: May 2023
Knowing God by Bearing Fruit: Colossians 1:9–12, Part 7 – John Piper
The good works God brings about through our lives are a means he uses to increase our knowledge of him. Watch Now Read More Desiring God
How to Train Up a Child: Three Subtle Parenting Shifts – Matt Bradner
With five children between the ages of 19 and 8, my wife, Julia, and I are nearly two decades into our journey as parents. When you add two dogs, two…
Is New Paganism Actually Pagan?
Recently in The Guardian, Emma Beddington covered a new twist on an old practice. According to the 2022 U.K. census, writes Beddington, “74,000 people declared they were pagan, an increase…
Understanding Spirit Baptism and Spiritual Fullness
Few aspects of the Holy Spirit’s ministry have caused greater division in the church than those of Spirit baptism and spiritual fullness. Yet whenever the New Testament speaks of these…
A Word to Gen Z Graduates – Aaron Menikoff
On May 18, 1980, Mount Saint Helens erupted in the state of Washington. I know because I lived in Oregon, 75 miles south of the volcano, and I shoveled gray…
Embracing Hospitality and Building Relationships – Blair Linne, Sharon Dickens, Aixa de López, Soojin Park
In Romans 12, Paul instructs believers to share in the needs of the saints and pursue hospitality. This is the same call for believers today—to help care for the people…
Defining Gender for Ourselves and Our Kids – Gracilynn Hanson
Perhaps more than ever before, people are asking the question “What does it mean to be a man (or to be a woman)?” While many in society are unwilling to…
Uprooted
One spring, I transplanted a hydrangea. It was a last-minute decision, and the attempt involved my digging a hole in one dirt patch, then extracting the plant from another dirt…
Can You Believe in God If You Have Unanswered Questions? (Video)
Is it possible to believe in God (or Christianity) even though you have open, unanswered questions? What can we learn from the process jurors use to determine truth? What level…