Grace

Is the Kingdom of God Fair?

In my daily Bible reading, I recently read through Jesus’ interaction with a wealthy young man and the ensuing parable of the workers in the vineyard (Matthew 19:16-20:16). It should be difficult for Americans to read these two episodes in the gospels because they directly challenge us personally and culturally.

Churchgoers, Strippers Protest One Another...

By brentlacy

I saw this story a couple days ago when it first broke, and have been chewing on all the implications based on the news story below. There is a lot we can learn from this unfortunate situation. I mainly have a lot of unanswered questions that can hopefully lead to some wise and spirit-led dialogue....

The Real Good News

By Matt Erickson

“To recover the old, authentic, biblical gospel, and to bring our preaching and practice back into line with it, is perhaps our most pressing present need.” J. I. Packer wrote these words in his 1958 introduction to a reprint of John Owen’s The Death of Death in the Death of Christ.

Stop Being the Good Samaritan

By revbtgilligan

In the Parable of the good samaritan, most youth workers will label themselves as the good samaritan to teens. I explain why only Jesus is the good samaritan and we are not.