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What Makes Grace Gracious?

What exactly does it mean to show grace? Here is a biblical and theological framework for considering the graciousness of God’s grace.

Stoicism and the Psalms

As Stoicism gains popularity and encourages us to look inward, Psalm 131 calls us to look outside of ourselves to the God who created and sustains us.

Why Read Fiction as a Christian?

Why should Christians read fiction? Alan Noble argues, “Fiction pushes you to contemplate words, images, and ideas and their relationships in a way that directly prepares you to read the Bible well.”

Beauty

True beauty points beyond
itself to something larger, truer, and more powerful.

Practically speaking, then, beauty has been divorced from truth; culturally, it no longer reveals a greater reality beyond one’s subjective, personal taste. And yet, we crave it.

Insights From The Presbyterian and Reformed Public Theology Conference

Political theory and engagement has always been a contentious issue. There’s a reason it is not considered a “polite” topic of dinner conversation, and yet, the current social and political environment seem to be especially contentious. Political debate rages throughout the United States — debates not merely concerning arcane tax policy or legislative process but…

Talking With Teens About Sex

Talking with teens about sex

As we teach children about God’s good design for human sexuality, we testify to the goodness of God’s plan, the grace of the gospel, and the hope of heaven!

Ministry at the End of Life: Shepherding Aging Congregations

End of life

Ministry leaders must help our people to end well: to face the reality of decline, dying, and death while preparing for glory spiritually, practically, and emotionally.

Longing for Hope? Look to Jesus.

Irwyn Ince’s “Hope Ain’t a Hustle” Centers the Christian Hope on the Glory of Jesus
MNA Coordinator Pro Tempore Irwyn Ince Hope

The book is an analysis of the Christian’s sure hope in Jesus, as expressed in the book of Hebrews.  

After Darkness, Light

New expressions of an ancient Good Friday service engage the heart and mind.
Good Friday

With a focus on Christ’s reconciling work on the cross, bringing us back into a right relationship with God, the service is a meaningful reminder that we were not abandoned nor alone. This is the message of the gospel for every generation.

Dangerous Desires

Fighting the Forgotten Sin of Coveting

The reality of our inner desires is that they overflow into our outward actions. What we desire matters.

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