by Stefani McDade | Mar 31, 2018 | faith & kingdom
In the past, I’ve often mocked the disciples for not anticipating (and for not understanding the reason or the necessity of) their Lord’s crucifixion. We are told that Jesus predicted his death on multiple occasions, and I can easily picture the disciples...
by Stefani McDade | Aug 11, 2017 | faith & kingdom
Most salvation sermons offered today are centered around the premise that Christianity is better and more beautiful than any substitute the world has to offer. How Jesus will fulfill the deep-seated hopes, dreams, and desires you’ve had in your heart all your life....
by Stefani McDade | May 20, 2017 | faith & kingdom
This week, I wanted to share one of my favorite pieces of prose on love, whose author, Kahlil Gibran, is a Lebanese-American artist, philosopher, and poet. If you’ve never heard of him, consider this your first introduction. He published an incredible work called...
by Stefani McDade | Apr 16, 2017 | faith & kingdom
About a month ago I found this little gem of a book, “Awed to Heaven, Rooted in Earth,” by Walter Brueggemann at a small used bookstore in Black Mountain, North Carolina. I remembered him as a theologian, but I had no idea he was a poet! I would like to...
by Stefani McDade | Feb 19, 2017 | faith & kingdom
It’s official—the Millennials have overtaken the Baby Boomers as the nation’s largest living generation. This means that people currently between the ages of 20-36 will have more and more influence in shaping the culture of our society. It also means that the Church...
by Stefani McDade | Oct 7, 2016 | faith & kingdom
The Church has always struggled with the temptation to share an ideological framework with the secular world. And yet history has shown, time and time again, that Christians do everything but thrive when they entwine themselves with the world’s political, social...
