Spiritual Formation

The worship and sermons we experience at church should stick with us beyond Sunday mornings. Here are several ways to allow them to continue shaping our hearts, minds, and actions throughout the week. 

Keep your nose in your Bible long enough and you’ll eventually face some difficult theologies like election, divine sovereignty, the problem of evil, and the origin of sin, to name a few. So, what should you do? Several helpful principles can guide you when you have trouble coming to a clear, theological conclusion.

This four-lesson Bible study designed for small groups focuses on four ways we can love our neighbors better: welcoming them with an image of God perspective, listening without judgment, speaking life-giving words, and serving others with genuine generosity.

Once you're a follower of Christ, there is so much to learn and discover. Some you can only learn by experience, but it helps to know what you can at the outset, to point you in the right direction. Here are some important things for a believer to know, along with links for diving into various topics further.

This six-lesson Bible study, ideal for small group use, focuses on six primary ways that the believer in Christ can abide in Jesus. 

As a child, Jesus "grew in wisdom and stature, and in favor with God and man.” Growth is also the pattern of His followers. Here are six suggestions to help you cooperate with the Spirit in your personal growth in Christ. 

As we tend a garden and consider God's creation, various spiritual truths surface that can lead us to flourish and bloom.

This message from the "Not Home Yet" series focuses on 1 Thessalonians 3:6-13 and the Core Competency of Joy.

God is a missional God. If we desire for our teens to be Christlike, we need to be moving them in the direction of mission. Here are 7 tips to parent your teens in that direction.

These devotional articles cover the basics of the Gospel message and some of what believers need to know about following Christ.