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Are We Too Familiar with Christmas? Andy Stanley
The stories of Christmas and Easter are so familiar that we rarely dig into the details. But what if we did? We might find that they stop sounding like far-fetched fairy tales. In fact, the improbable details of these stories might even start to...
The Fierce Urgency of Now
Burdened by the brutality of racism in America, Martin Luther King Jr. stepped to the microphone near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC and delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. Most people remember the line from his historic address where...
How to Lead During Christmas Without Losing Your Soul
People say that Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year. During this time, church leaders may feel far from God because of the many demands and expectations of the season. It doesn’t have to be this way.
Life Today . . . in Light of Tomorrow | Constantine Campbell
Ultimately, life today must be lived in light of the end. Our end is the only way to make sense of life now and the only way to live according to the hope of Christ. Søren Kierkegaard has been paraphrased as saying, Life can only be understood...
Spend Less. Give More. Worship Fully. | Advent Conspiracy
Several years ago, a few of us were lamenting how we’d come to the end of an Advent season exhausted and sensing we’d missed it again: the awe-inducing, soul-satisfying mystery of the Incarnation. No wonder there was a dread at the beginning of...
For the Ways We Live Now is the Way We Live | Ann Voskamp
Dear friend… Haven’t we met before? I’m the lady around the corner trying to keep up with all the kids and the laundry and the bills and the dishes and who can never find the last library book that was due yesterday, the one finding the planet all...
Prayer of Belonging | Candace Payne
In You Belong , author and Bible teacher Candace Payne dives head first into the hope and fullness of joy found we get only from Christ. Candace walks women through how to identify and trace the patterns of joy found in the presence of God and...
Are You Stuck in a Cycle of Unresolved Pain? | Lysa TerKeurst
“ And if someone takes unfair advantage of you, use the occasion to practice the servant life . . . love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. ”—Matthew 5:42, The Message When your heart has been shattered and reshaped...
Looking for Happiness? Accept One Another
Happiness . Everyone craves it, wants it, searches for it. We are longing for this sense of contentment and wellbeing. Worldwide, people profess that happiness is their most cherished goal. The most popular class in the three-century history of Yale University is on happiness.
The Story Behind the Story of Christmas | Andy Stanley
The story of Christmas doesn’t begin the way you probably think it does. It doesn’t begin with angels announcing the birth of a savior. It doesn’t begin with a young couple on an out-of-town trip trying to find a place to stay as the woman goes...
Experiencing the Holy Spirit as a Constant Companion | Anne Graham Lotz
Weather permitting, early each morning that I am home, I walk and run for about two and a half miles. This has been my routine for over thirty years. As I grow older, I also grow more grateful for the physical ability to maintain this exercise. I...
God With Us | Max Lucado
Advent is a season of preparation because it is also a season of anticipation—a glorious gift is coming soon and we want to be ready to receive it! In the prologue to his gospel, the apostle John proclaims the miraculous truth of the incarnation,...
Get Out of the Office | NT Wright
There is a massive difference between being familiar with something and understanding it. Having an acquaintance and building a deep friendship are radically different experiences. Flying on a plane and being an aeronautical mechanic are not the...
Get to Know the God Who Knows Your Name | Max Lucado
Are you open to the idea of a Father, a heavenly Father, who knows you? A soon-to-be home that awaits you? Would you consider this life-changing idea: the all-mighty and all-knowing God has set his affection on you? Every detail about you he knows....
Why God Needed Christmas | Andy Stanley
When the time was fully set, God sent His son, born of a woman, born under the law with a very specific purpose. But why did God send Jesus? Why did God need Christmas? It was to do what laws and regulations could not do. It was to do what judges...
The Very Worst Thing to Lose | Shauna Niequist
Think for a moment about the word perfect. For far too many years, that’s all I did: I thought about perfect; I worked toward perfect; I held up “perfect” as my prized ideal. I wanted perfect holidays and perfect vacations, perfect dinner parties...
Free Resources
Using How (not) to Save the World with your church or small group?
Here are some tools to help:
The Small Group Tool Kit includes two mobile-friendly invitation cards, reflection cards to enhance your small group experience, and a worship song playlist curated by Hosanna Wong that can beplayed during small group meetings or personal Bible study time.
The Church Tool Kit includes a downloadable poster, bulletininsert, invitation card, and Power Point slide.
Is your church talking about anxiety, depression and mental health issues? You should be.
Shawn Johnson, lead pastor of Red Rocks Church, gives a
searingly honest portrait of anxiety and depression and shows readers how to fight back and live free. He also has put together three free tools pastors can use to help their congregation have a productive conversation around mental health, including a discussion guide, sermon notes and key Scripture verses.