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How to Find Healing for our Deepest Wounds
As a pastor, I often have people share deep and painful things with me. They confess their sins. They express the guilt they feel. They describe the brokenness that surrounds them. They explain the wounds they have experienced. They desc...
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Because of His Great Love For You
Before we collide with the grace of God, we must collide with the truth of our own sin. -Kyle Idleman In Ephesians 2:1-3, we see that we were dead apart from God’s grace—like zombies, we were the walking dead. But through Christ, God...
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Not a Fan Resources for Church and Bible Study
Are you a fan or follower of Jesus? Most of us would jump at the opportunity to proclaim our Jesus fandom, but the truth is, Jesus isn’t looking for fans; he’s looking for completely committed followers. How can we tell the difference? T...
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God’s Grace is Greater Than Your Worst Sin
We have inherited the riches beyond our wildest imagination, but continue living on our old budget, penny-pinching our way through life with God. In the early 20th Century, a woman named Hetty Green died, leaving behind an incredible for...
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How to Become More Like Christ
Money is not the problem, a heart that loves money is the problem. In America, we often think that money can buy happiness. I think most people would agree with the statement: “The more money I have, the happier I will be.” Recently,...
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What Are You Hungry For?
I feel like I have been hungry for practically my whole life. Hungry for something that would make me feel full, for something that would make me happy. It’s like I know something is missing, and I am hungry for whatever it is. As a ch...
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The Greatest Sermon Ever Preached
In the Copper Canyons of hidden, rural Mexico, there is a small tribe called the Tarahumara. According to the few outsiders who have been granted access, members of the Tarahumara: Live by simple foods, strange drinks, and hardly work at...
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Mourning is the Way to Happiness
We all want to be happy. We want to be free, joyful, peaceful, and thriving. It follows, then, that we do not want to be sad. We do not want to endure loss, to mourn, to grieve, to be sorrowful, or depressed. Just glance at the magazine ...
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How to Be Beautifully Broken | Featuring Rachelle Starr
In The End of Me video series, Kyle Idleman highlights the testimony of Rachelle Starr to demonstrate the power of brokenness and wholeness. Rachelle grew up in a stable, Christian home, but drifted from the Lord in early adulthood. Desp...
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The Secret to Finding Jesus and the (Truly) Good Life
The Secret to Finding Jesus and the (Truly) Good Life How would you describe the Good Life? If you’re being completely honest, and no one would know your answers, how would you respond? How would you fill in the following blank? The Go...
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Don’t Give Up on Each Other
An each-other life is one where we pray for each other, encourage each other, serve each other, and carry each other’s burdens. From the beginning of time, God stated it was not good for us to be alone. Most of what we experience in ou...
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Don’t Give Up On God
Don’t Give Up On God Life gets hard. You pray, but God doesn’t seem to answer. You are disappointed, and over time, disappointment becomes disillusionment. Disillusionment turns to despair, and you feel like giving up. Honestly, you fe...
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Don’t Give Up On Your Marriage
As a pastor, I have many conversations with people where the bottom-line message they need to hear is, “Don’t give up.” Different people need to hear that reminder in different ways, but I want to encourage you specifically: Don’...
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The Ultimate Father’s Day Reading List
Take a reading break between the Father's Day celebrations and read through some of our favorite articles about fatherhood.
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What Does the Bible say About Fatherhood?
Over the past few weeks, we've talked about the miraculous way God transformed Bart Millard's abusive father into the godliest man Bart ever knew. In today's article, we talk about why it is that fathers have such incredible power to wou...
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Understanding God’s Heart for His Lost Children
Years ago my wife, Jen, and I took our five-year-old son and two-year-old daughter to a big water park. The kind of water park that has huge kiddie pools, slides, and fun things like that. While my kids were going down one of the giant s...
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Don’t Give Up During the Hard Times
Think about a critical conversation that you’ve had. Maybe it’s one of the most important conversations you’ve ever experienced. Like a coach sharing a strategy and imploring his team to give their all during a game. Or it could simp...
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What is a Victim Mentality and How Can You Overcome It?
What is Victim Mentality and How Do You Overcome It? On May 25, 2001, Erik Weihenmayer reached the summit of Mount Everest. Seven years later he climbed the Carstensz Pyramid in Papa New Guinea. That day, he also completed the Seven Summ...
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The Ultimate Mother’s Day Gift-Giving Guide
We know life is a balancing act when it comes to parenting, working, serving in the church and all of the other responsibilities we juggle. We aren’t judging, and in fact, we are here to help. Look no further for a unique Mother’s Day gi...
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How to Keep Going When Your Mountain Won’t Move
How do you maintain a faith that gives you the confidence to keep believing, even when you face overwhelming or impossible circumstances? It can be tempting to give up when life gets challenging. Defining Faith In my new book, Don’t Gi...
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How to Overcome the Overwhelming Obstacles You Face
Over the last two decades, obstacle course races and events have grown exponentially in popularity. Turn on the TV on a weeknight, and you might find American Ninja Warrior athletes—non-professional folks like you and me—climbing lad...
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How an Eternal Perspective Changes Obstacles in Life
In Hebrews 11-12, we are called to look back and reflect upon the witnesses of the Old Testament and to look forward to a better country. These chapters in the Bible form a sort of biography series, consisting of stories about those who ...
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What to do When Your Faith is Hindered by Sin
In sports like running, cycling, and swimming, every ounce matters. In the original Greek marathons thousands of years ago, runners trained with leg weights and then removed them on race day. Many of them even ran in the nude or very lit...
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How to Find God in Your Most Desperate Moments
The Bible is full of stories about people who experienced brokenness while being challenged at their very core. The Christian life is certainly not free from hardship and suffering. On the contrary, life in Christ is full of all the dema...
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Find the Courage to Keep Going When you Want to Quit
This past summer, I signed up a 50-mile bike race. I hadn’t been cycling long, and this was going to be the longest ride I had ever done. I prepared well. I did months of training and stretching, I practiced each stage of the route, an...
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6 Things God Wants To Tell You In The Middle Of Your Pain
Do you know what it’s like when someone you love is in pain? You desperately want to help, but there’s nothing you can do. If you’re a parent, you already know what it’s like. Your kid might be in pain from falling off a wagon, a b...
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How to Find Strength When You Want to Give Up
Think about critical conversations. Maybe it’s one of the most important conversations that you’ve ever experienced. Or a coach at halftime during a game, sharing strategy and imploring the team to give their all. Or it could simply ...
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How To Love Someone Who Hurt You Deeply
We see God’s love demonstrated in the way Jesus treated others, especially those who mistreated and hurt him. If Jesus exemplified this sacrificial and limitless love, why then, is it so hard for us to love those who have wronged us? My ...
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Why Do Christian Leaders Fall?
Hearing stories about Christian leaders who’ve faced a moral breakdown is far too familiar. We often place unreasonable demands on these leaders or expect them to maintain an image of perfection. The reality is that it’s not uncommon...
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Partner With City on a Hill
Dear City Family, Fifteen – We are fifteen years old! In an age when trends and organizations are gone in the blink of an eye, we’re deeply grateful to be able to celebrate our 15th year of impact. When City was born 15 years ago, we a...
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