Gospel-shaped hospitality: witnessing to God’s grace in our ordinary spaces
What is a gospel-centered home? What might distinguish the home of a Christian from the home of their secular or Muslim neighbour?
My faith, my truth
If you watch mainstream media, then chances are you have heard the phrase “my truth.” Whether in movies, TV shows, social media reels and/or posts, it seems that we cannot escape the reality that we are living in the “my truth” era. Oprah even helped popularize this phrase during an acceptance speech in 2018.1 “My/Your/Their Truth” has become a sort of calling card for those who reject outright the idea that there exists anything that could be defined as absolute truth. This ideology holds subjective truth (what a person identifies as their own personal truth) higher than objective truth (truth...
TGC Norden distinctives 5: For churches
Within TGC Norden we desire to be defined by what we are for—and we are for churches. We are not merely committed to the universal church, the community of all the saved, but rather to the visible, gritty version of this that we meet in our neighborhoods and towns—we are for churches.
Helpers that need help
Bewildered, I hung up the phone. My best intention to help a sister in conflict had only served to drive her further away. Now she hurt more, and I was to blame. In my desire to help, I thoroughly failed. Three questions filled my head: Why would God call me to enter into conflict and care for another if I couldn’t do it well? If God is my counselor, where was he now? And if the greatest commandment (Matt. 22:36–40) includes loving my neighbor, why do I have such a hard time doing it? While learning how to counsel others,...
TGC Norden distinctives 4: Principally confessional
It is trendy in some circles to be confessional: getting tattoos of the 1689, writing songs based on the Heidelberg, even conversing casually about where to take exception with the Westminster statements. By being confessional, people tend to refer to having a summary statement of their beliefs written down to which they can point and be held accountable. But what exactly is the value in being confessional, and are there ways in which this trend can be unhelpful?
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