Author Archives: Intentional Faith

Reminder: This Friday is the last day to get the Study Guide to my new book JESUS NOW for free. You just have to order the book from any store by this Friday. Here are the details on how to get your free copy.   The 97th episode of the “Christ is All” podcast has released. InContinue reading “12 Forgotten Things That Every Christian Should Know”

     As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the Lord by ceasing to pray for you, and I will instruct you in the good and right way. Only fear the Lord and serve him faithfully with all your heart. For consider what great things he has done for you.1 Sam. 12:23-24Continue reading “Praying for Our Friends”

We need a multitude of indicatives and a host of imperatives to save us and sustain us. It’s all of grace, of course, but grace does not always look or sounds the same. from Kevin DeYoung http://ift.tt/TtohQo via IFTTT

Would you like a course in evangelism? Have you considered reading the book of Proverbs? Here are some of the lessons about how to evangelize that I recently learned while studying the book. 1. Personal The dialogues in Proverbs are not impersonal, detached, and distant, but close, intimate and warm. It’s one person to anotherContinue reading “8 Lessons on Evangelism from Proverbs”

Sometimes God calls us to wait, and that is hard. But waiting for God is not passive; it is active, purposeful, and spiritual. In ministry there are often moments when you are propelled by a biblical vision, but called by God to wait. Waiting can be discouraging and hard. So what does it look likeContinue reading “7 Ways to Follow God’s Will For Your Wait”

Editors’ note: The weekly TGCvocations column asks practitioners about their jobs and how they integrate their faith and work. Interviews are conducted and condensed by Bethany L. Jenkins, director of TGC’s Every Square Inch. Cheryl Clark Bonner is the Director of Alumni Services at Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania. She graduated from Millersville University with a B.S.Continue reading “Helping Graduating Seniors Trust God”

Though some of the Bonhoeffer intelligentsia rushed to criticize Eric Metaxas’s Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (Thomas Nelson, 2010), few can argue whether any book has more broadly brought Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s name to the fore. Though American readers have long read Discipleship, Life Together, and Letters and Papers from Prison, Metaxas’s biographical behemoth reintroduced Bonhoeffer with unprecedentedContinue reading “Bonhoeffer and Blind Spots”