Have We Described Community Wrongly? On Tuesday, May 24, 2022, a gunman walked into Robb Elementary School in the small city of Uvalde, Texas, and killed 21 people, including 19 children. Like most people, my heart was troubled by this tragedy. Murder of any life

In How We’ve Done Church — Challenges and Encouragement for Small Churches “Integrity is the new competence.” Karl Vaters challenged me with this statement as we conversed about the strange new season we’re in as the church. This is an era in which too many

The Narrow Path Between Legalism and License The Jews struggled, the early Christians struggled, and we are still struggling to walk the narrow path Jesus trod in balancing love and obedience. Mistakes have been made in every era of church history and by every historic

How Can We Get Accountability and Church Discipline Right? Oral Roberts University shocked the world when they beat Ohio State in the 2021 March Madness tournament. The Oklahoma-based Christian school went on to win again in the next round as a 15 seed and became