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Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/6-reasons-to-get-humble/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ What’s so great about humility? Surely, there are virtues which are more fun to get. So, what makes humility worth cultivating? Here are a few reasons to get humble:...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/a-place-to-belong-church-as-the-catalyst-for-true-religion/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ In 2013, The New York Times ran an article about a former Methodist minister looking for a fulfilling life after giving up her fait...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-scoop-on-happiness-in-church/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ I believe summer nights should end with ice cream. And I don’t just mean frozen desserts; I mean ice cream. Frozen custard counts. Same for gelato. In a tigh...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-does-the-bible-say-about-loneliness/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Before the pandemic, I think it’s safe to assume many people would not have thought of loneliness as a big issue. Maybe it was an unfortunate inconve...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/we-worship-the-god-of-normal-things/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ When my son, Andrew, was 5 years old, my wife and I read The Message for Kids from cover to cover with him. It’s a fantastic children’s Bible, and we all...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/bob-russell-on-being-a-disciple-making-grandparent/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ At our 2025 RENEW.org National Gathering in Indianapolis, longtime minister Bob Russell spoke on the joy and importance of being a disciple...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/10-reasons-i-go-to-church/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ I’ve heard it said, “We aren’t called to go to church. We are called to be the church.” Halfway true. Here’s the problem with that statement. Being and going streng...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/can-a-growing-church-still-feel-like-family/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ In 2012, I had back surgery that left me sidelined for months. I secretly looked forward to the rest—books to read, movies to watch, naps to take....

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-is-biblical-manhood-part-2/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Editor’s Note: We live in an era of confusion and hurt when it comes to the question of what it means to be a real man. Should we see manhood as a fluid socia...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/what-is-biblical-manhood/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Editor’s Note: We live in an era of confusion and hurt when it comes to the question of what it means to be a real man. Should we see manhood as a fluid social const...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/our-summer-sun-and-winter-fire/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter are seasons that we walk through, both literally and figuratively. The most evident seasons are winter and summer. The summer...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/household-gods-on-our-tendency-to-worship-family/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Have you noticed that parents have been acting a bit crazy? The parents getting ejected at youth baseball games for harassing the umpires; Th...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/theology-has-consequences/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Theology has consequences. What we believe about Jesus will always show up in how we live. Our theology shapes our anxiety, our purpose, our priorities, our relatio...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/jesus-in-hebrews-3-and-in-islam/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Jesus Christ is one of the most talked-about—and argued over—figures in all of religious history. Both Christianity and Islam respect Him, but they tell very...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/peter-on-the-hot-seat/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ If you ever find yourself in Rome, wander about a half mile northeast from the Colosseum along the Via De Fori Imperiali, and you will find yourself about a stone’s thr...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-sovereignty-of-god/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ The best way to frame up our discussion of God’s sovereignty is to ask this question: Are there things that happen in the world that are contrary to the will of God? M...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/3-ways-to-support-a-missionary-well/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ “Hey, we’re supporting a missionary. How can we help? What are ways that we could support you?” I love that over the 18 years I’ve been living cross-cultu...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/courage-in-a-secular-world/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ In a span of thirty-five years that Congress spent six trillion taxpayer dollars in a failed attempt to upgrade American economic life, an astonishing decline occu...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/get-em-in-the-river-but-how-do-they-stay-there/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ We say we want people to follow Jesus. But are our lives actually making them want Him? “You can guide a horse to a well, but you can’t force i...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/theres-no-such-thing-as-luck/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ On Good Friday in 2009, I went for a run on the local greenway in Murfreesboro, Tennessee—my hometown. There were tornado watches that day, but in Murfreesboro t...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/the-church-needs-revitalization-and-planting/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ For the past several decades, church planting has arguably been one of the great success stories of the North American church. Entire networks ha...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/sons-in-search-of-answers/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ It’s almost Father’s Day 2026. What rises in your mind as you bite into that thought? What visions erupt in your imagination? Where in the spaces between the prover...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/if-god-is-good-where-is-he/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Have you ever been asked, “If God is good, where is He?” This is something I have been thinking through lately. I have family and friends who have recently gone th...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/how-do-we-know-the-bible-is-inspired/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Christians have faith that the Bible is inspired by God. With deep humility, we trust that God has revealed himself through Christ, and that the testimon...

Click here to read the full article at RENEW.org: https://renew.org/disciple-making-tactics-can-and-should-vary/   This is an audio version of a written Article from RENEW.org Check out other great articles on RENEW.org here: https://renew.org/articles/ Jesus’ tactics varied widely. He spoke to large crowds, spent much time with his disciples and confronted religious hypocrisy. He healed people an...