All Is Calm: The Soul-Soothing Significance of 200 Years of 'Silent Night'
We involuntarily sigh beneath its comforting lyrics, feeling ourselves what countless other people are also feeling in countless ways—the reassurance of the gospel expressed in a sweet gentleness our souls so need to experience. Read More
Listen to 'Stille Nacht' ('Silent Night') in the original German6 Keys for Revitalization in the Shadow of Megachurch [Podcast]
Revitalization in the shadow of a megachurch can be difficult, but it’s not impossible. Today, Thom Rainer, Mark Clifton, and Jonathan Howe discuss six reasons why. Listen Now
Reading Scripture Rightly
Do we let the original intent of a passage of Scripture sting us, move us, drive us to what we need to be? Read More
4 Reasons Small Groups are Vital to Your Church’s Health
If you think community is an important part of healthy church life, and I hope you do, then small groups should also be important to you. They are actually crucial to the life of any church. I’m not the only one who thinks so—we have the research to back it up. Read More
Colonialism and Mission: 4 Lessons We Must Learn from History
Churches have histories. Or to put it more generally, the church is not just an idea, it is an actual social entity linked across geography and time. Hebrews 12 tells us that we are surrounded by a cloud of witnesses: we are linked to the faithful that have come before us. The other side of that claim is that we are also linked to ventures that have been misguided, misdirected, and sometimes harmful. Read More
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