FAI's own Director of Pastoral Care, Board member Martin Mallory, sits us down for fatherly wisdom to combat the voices of fear, shame, and pride—voices that are nearly always in our minds, but have been amplified through the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreSon. Cousin. Prophet. Nazarite. Spectacle.
John the Baptist was many things, but a few he was not. What kind of backbone did he forge in the wilderness, and what should we learn from him? How do we “take the Kingdom of Heaven by force”?
Read MoreSuccess is not based on bodies in a room. Success is based on whether or not disciples make disciples who can stand on their own, make more disciples (highly reproducible), and are highly obedient to Christ. It’s Jesus or bust. We’re in this thing for eternity.
Read MoreThe political spirit would like us to think standing up for our rights is paramount. It would like us to destroy people and property in the name of justice instead of bringing healing that only Christ in us can bring. It would like us to see people as their opinions and actions instead of imago Dei. It would like for us to think this battle is indeed against flesh and blood. But we know better.
Read MoreThese are not ordinary days. God is doing a new thing, and we need to respond well. He will not wait for us at the platform while we deliberate whether or not we will get on the train. Life will not return to business as usual in 2021. Pastor, if you try to cling to your Sunday morning model, your ministry will collapse. The Sunday morning model is dead. Make disciples who make disciples on a Thursday night. A Monday afternoon. Saturday morning.
Read MoreJim Caviezel’s latest movie Infidel just hit theaters, exploring what it’s like to be a Christian in Iran today. Hear the real story from a real disciple of Jesus in the Islamic Republic of Iran—because they have some advice for Christians in the West as we navigate the upheaval of 2020.
Read More“Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends.” Crises in history have been the brightest moments for the people of Jesus.
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