Sojourners & Exiles [1 Peter 1:13-21]
From our current Series, Sojourners & Exiles: A Summer in 1 Peter. Join us on Saturday nights at 8:30pm. Therefore. The word therefore points us backward and forward. What we do now (1 Pet....
View ArticleSojourners & Exiles [1 Peter 1:22-2:3]
From our current Series, Sojourners & Exiles: A Summer in 1 Peter. Join us on Saturday nights at 8:30pm. Despite being the most connected generation in history, many 20-somethings are surprisingly...
View ArticleSojourners & Exiles [1 Peter 2:4-10]
From our current Series, Sojourners & Exiles: A Summer in 1 Peter. Join us on Saturday nights at 8:30pm. “I like Jesus, but I don’t like the church.” If you’re a 20-something, you’ve either heard...
View ArticleSojourners & Exiles [1 Peter 2:11-12]
From our current Series, Sojourners & Exiles: A Summer in 1 Peter. Join us on Saturday nights at 8:30pm. 1 Peter 2:11-12 is what Tim Chester calls a “headline for everything that is coming next.”...
View ArticleLearning How to Embrace Your Childhood Dreams & How to Let Them Go
This post is written by Katlyn Chambers. As a little girl, these were my favorite things: being completely covered in dirt/mud, never wearing shoes (ever), painting, making things out of things,...
View Article(At Least) 6 Reasons Why Every 20-Something Should Read a Biography
As a college freshman, I was first introduced to the benefit of reading biographies in a book called From Jerusalem to Irian Jaya—a collection of missionary biographies by Ruth Tucker. Since then, I...
View ArticleLectio Divina: 4 (Old) Steps for Reading Scripture
This post is from Nick Chambers. Lectio divina—Latin for “divine/sacred reading”—is a practice of prayerfully reading Scripture, the basic idea of which can be traced back to some of the very earliest...
View ArticleBaptism: not the removal of dirt
This post is from Katlyn Chambers. Meeting Jesus changed my life. I had one of those conversion experiences that make people question my sanity. You know, one of those moments where I felt swept up in...
View ArticleHow Not To Read a Biography
By chapter seven of J. Hudson Taylor: A Man in Christ, I begin feeling an overwhelming sense of inadequacy and failure. This is a normal experience for me. At 23 years old, J. Hudson Taylor had moved...
View ArticleHow To Read a Biography Well
In wrapping up a three-part series on reading biographies as a 20-something, I wanted to end with a few tips and tricks for reading biographies well. Check your motives, often. Ask yourself: “Am I...
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