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Charles JacobTheologyFormation

Pain at Christmas

The first Christmas was not without pain, which means that sometimes it will come with pain for us too as we wait the completion of God's redemptive work.

Bruce ClarkFormation

Grief and Gratitude at Christmas

Both the grief and gratitude that can accompany Christmas are a reminder of the one who made all things and now comes incarnate into our world.

Jake MeadorFormation

Do We Even Want Peace on Earth?

In a day of ever-growing partisan rage and enemy hatred, I wonder if we even want Jesus to come, the one who will bring peace to earth.

Jake MeadorChurchFormation

Constructing Toward Catholicity

I've known many people who left one evangelical church and found another, or who simply leave altogether. I have known few who leave and find catholicity.

Ross ByrdBibleFormation

Be Perfect

Eden wasn't perfect, if we understand what the Bible means by 'perfect.' But one day those of us found in Christ will be.

Jake MeadorFormation

You Must Never Wish for Another Life

Desiring a better live or place somewhere else will only impoverish your home place and rob you of the joys that are rightly yours as a follow of Jesus.

Ross ByrdFormation

There but for the Grace of God Go I

On 'Moral Failings' and the Meaning of Grace

Scott HurstFormation

Why, My Soul, Are You Dejected?

The causes of spiritual despair are many, but God always has a purpose for us in our suffering.

Miles SmithCurrent PoliticsFormation

Perdition

American evangelicals have lost all sense of the 'tragic' and the movement is being consumed as a result.

Jon HyattFormation

When the Trees Fall

How should Christians respond to the calamitous destruction caused by a hurricane?

Joshua HeavinFormation

A Holy Life

If you want to do something world-changing or radical for God, start with this: Live a holy life.

Kirsten SandersChurchFormation

Tending the Flame

The dominant metaphors we use to describe the Christian life should be creaturely and organic, not mechanistic.