Articles - 12/2007

Ah, the Christmas Season. I really enjoy the travel, visiting, eating, spending time with my family, eating, seeing old friends, sharing stories and eating. (And to top it all off, days of leftovers. That is a holiday.)

It’s great to be together with people we love. But the reality is, even when we love people, our relationships and interactions over the holidays don’t always look like a Read More...

This week during the Christmas season we’re highlighting two organizations we’d love to encourage people to support.

Today we’re introducing you to Covenant Mercies, a gospel-centered nonprofit organization serving the poor, the orphan, the widow, and others facing severe adversity. Doug Hayes blogs regularly for Na and is the executive director of Covenant Mercies. We love Doug’s understanding of how the gospel informs social action.

Here,…

For many, the Christmas season is a chance to reflect Christ to the world around us by giving selflessly as He did. If God is moving on your heart to lend prayers, talents, or financial support to help an organization we’d like to suggest two organizations to consider. Of course, there are many worthy causes and organizations to pray about supporting but we want to do our part by highlighting…

I call it “the sanctifier.” Really, it’s just a chair. But to my 2 young sons it is the chair.

My boys are 1 and 3 and we own one kid-size leather easy chair that grandma bought. Can you see the problem here? Two kids, one favorite chair. It is not an uncommon sight to see both boys joyfully taking turns—one sitting happily in the chair while the…

As part of our series on the church we’re publishing an article from C.J. Mahaney on “Cravings & Conflict.” Think of a it as a guide for surviving and thriving with other Christians in your local church.
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It has been ten years now since the first godly young man requested permission to marry one of my daughters. Today, all three girls are married and it…

We’re partnering with our friends at Crossway to offer our favorite chapters from Mark Dever’s recent book What is a Healthy Church?.

Right now, download Chapter One: Your Christianity and Your Church (Right click. Select “save as”)

Or keep reading to get a sample of the great material in the chapter…

I’m a pastor. This means I have a unique relationship with the local church. Unlike most of you, my commitment to my church is driven not only by my love for the gospel, God’s people, and God’s Word, but also by the fact that “church” is my job. My God-given vocation is to spend my energy, gifts, and time being involved with and serving a particular local church, Central Peninsula…

Thinking about leaving your church? Know a friend that’s thinking about leaving their church?

This single page from Mark Dever’s book is a must-have. It’s clear, simple, full of wisdom, and grounded in scripture. It includes advice to consider before you decide to leave like “weigh your motives” and “do everything in your power to reconcile broken relationships.” It also includes wisdom for what to…