Becoming God’s Dwelling Place
Luke’s gospel introduces us to Anna, an eighty-four year old prophet, who models “a life focused in mind, body, and activity on engaging with God.”
Featured October 20, 2021 (Original May 2005 )
Are All Doctrinal Arguments About Doctrine?
Chris Hall offers helpful words of caution to Christians, and particularly to pastors and teachers: Guard against a polemical spirit.
Featured October 15, 2021 (Original Jan 2017 )
Hurting and Forgiveness
Richard Foster writes compassionately of the hurting and being hurt that make up a part of any community and offers counsel and hope for Christian forgiveness.
Featured October 15, 2021 (Original Sep 1974 )
Selected Sayings on “Discretion”
Our image of the early desert Christians may be one of rigid rules and over-bearing discipline. Surprisingly, the ammas and abbas were celebrated for discretion—sensitivity and elasticity—in guiding their little communities.
Featured October 13, 2021 (Original Mar 2003 )
Nothing Wasted
An encouraging word from Philip Yancey’s memoir about God’s redemptive work in and through our past wounds.
Featured October 11, 2021 (Original Oct 2021 )
The Exponentially Personal Trinity
“Three persons who are distinct, but are not, by any stretch of the imagination, independent of one another. On the contrary, they are so dependent, so interdependent, that though each is the one God, they also together constitute the one God.” Chris Hall considers this mystery of the Trinity.
Featured October 1, 2021 (Original Sep 2016 )
Taking God Personally
In this post, Chris Hall explores what he calls the “personalness” of God, saying not only does God possess this quality, but that he is “Personalness itself.” We invite you to consider some of the ramifications of our God who is not an “It” but a “Thou,” and not just an “I” but also a “we.”
Featured September 30, 2021 (Original Jan 2025 )
