Category: Missions
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Don’t Grow Weary in Doing Good
Remembering the hope of the gospel helps us confidently join God’s redemptive work in whatever small ways we are able. The accomplishment of the mission rests on God’s faithfulness, not ours. Nothing can stop Him from building His Kingdom.
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Help! I Don’t Know if I’m Doing Enough for Christ
Jesus is a giver, not a taker. He calls us to die so that we can live, to empty ourselves so that he can fill us. Before we wonder whether or not we’re doing enough for Christ, we need to ask a better question: Are we abiding in Christ and finding him to be enough?
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The Nations Are Living Next Door
Through refugee resettlement, God has opened the door for us to reach the nations in our neighborhoods.
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The Unique Witness of Unlikely Friendships
If we allow the gospel to radically infiltrate our friendships, our love for one another will amplify our witness to the world.
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10 Quotes: Something Needs to Change by David Platt
Let gospel reality in your head fuel gospel fervency in your heart that leads to gospel urgency in your life.
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Pro-Life for All: A Friend to the Refugee
The Great Commission isn’t just accomplished by going to other nations but by receiving them. Because God welcomed us at great cost to himself, we’re called to welcome our refugee neighbors.
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Return from Summer Missions Without Resentment
If our passion for cross-cultural missions diminishes our love for our actual neighbors and fellow citizens, we must repent. Jesus commissioned his disciples to go into all the world (Matt. 28:16–20). Mission isn’t just “over there”; it’s here. Your middle-class suburb, urban neighborhood, or small rural town is part of God’s millennia-spanning plan to make…
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Let Your Good Works Shine Like a Spotlight on Jesus
Our good works aren’t meant to illuminate us, but to illuminate our Father in heaven. Each good work the world sees should direct their eyes to behold our God.
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Christians Should Participate in Ramadan Too.
“Babe, listen to this.” I read the message on the Nextdoor app to my husband: We are a Muslim family and moved in to this neighborhood last year. At a time there is a lot of focus on differences, we wanted to take a step to get together with people around a table. We would…
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Ministry Is in the Little Moments
Twelve months ago, I brought a refugee woman (who’s since become a friend) to the hospital for the birth of her baby. It was special. Monumental. To be there for her at such an important time. To watch her other children so that her husband could meet his new son. To spend hours upon hours…