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Donald Trump as King David?: On Discerning God’s Work in the World

How Do You Lead Without Being Toxic?

It’s OK to be Patriotic, But…

Gun Control Debates: Our Social Madness and a Spiritual Response

The Battle We Must Fight

What Must The Church Do In Times Of Global Turbulence?

The Politics of Trump and the Politics of Jesus

“The Free State of Jones” And The Cost of Freedom

Is Trump the End of Evangelicalism?

An Atheist, A Pastor, and the Presence of God’s Spirit Between Us

Four Practices to Help Your Church Grieve Personal and National Tragedy

Reclaiming God’s Intent for Sabbath

7 Practices for Hearing and Responding to the Margins (Especially During Elections)

Eternal Submission? Thinking (all the way) Through the Issue

Preached to Death

The Orlando Shooting: Who Would Jesus Blame?

What if We Stopped the Token Talk and Welcomed Female Preachers?

How Lament Quells the Terrorist in Each of Us

Avoiding the Blow-down from Helicopter Pastoring
Four Images of Jesus’ Ministry that Would Bomb on Social Media

Rape: Five Ways Your Church Can Talk About It

Three Tenets for a New Kind of Gospel-Centeredness

Knowing God in a Secular World

The Crucial Gift

The Surprising Place I Learned About Oppression

Writing as a Spiritual Discipline

Who Do We Get to Hate?

Stop Blaming Venus and Mars. We’re All From Earth

The Women ISIS Fears

Let’s Talk About Sex

The Lord’s Prayer, a Missional Reading: Give Us Daily Bread

The Subversive Act Of Friendship

The Future Is Small

Do You Know Jesus Like You Know a Presidential Candidate?

Six Pieces of Weird Christian Baggage Still Worth Redeeming

Putting an End to Revival for Pentecost’s Sake

The Church is Not a Triangle

I Hunger and Thirst for Revival: A Pastor’s Confession

Stop Trying to Control God’s Uncontrollable Tactics for Reconciliation

Jesus Was a Guest. What If We Acted The Same Way?

For People Exhausted by the Negative Perception of the Church

4 Qualities of Missional Movements Born at the Margins

Do You Even Want Revival?

The Big Problem with Barna’s Study on Church Startups and Money

The Lord’s Prayer, A Missional Reading: Thy Kingdom Come

Book Review: The Dusty Ones by A.J. Swoboda

Unformation: Learning to Experience God in My Darkness

Mentor for Life—A Review

How These Hero Children Revolutionized What it Means to “Advocate”

Pentecost Prayer for a Confined Spirit

Four Practices that Shape Us Into “Sent Ones”

A Way Beyond Spiritual Hoarding

Ashes to Ashes, Birth to Freedom and Liberation Songs

The Never Ending Work of Church Reformation

What the Church Could Learn from Oprah

A Spirited Discussion: Waiting is Hard

Jesus’ Creed and a Missional Understanding of Discipleship

Revival at the Margins: How Emptiness Prepares us for the Spirit

The Unexpected Value of Insignificance
