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A church without fences

A church without fences — grace over performance, and belonging before believing.

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Handling Conflicts Among Believers

If the gospel is really true, two things follow at once: we should expect conflict among Christians, and that conflict should never be able to tear the community apart.

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A Church Without Fences

God let Abraham in on His own heart, and it changed forever what a great people is. Here is how your home becomes a place the world wakes up to God.

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Bearing One Another's Burden

There is a weight no one was meant to carry alone. Here is how a community built on grace lifts a brother or sister who has been overtaken.

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Joy in the City

A grieving, scattered, imprisoned church became the reason a whole city had great joy. That is what your salvation was actually for.

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Going After God's Hidden Treasures

The person you quietly look down on cost God exactly what you did. What if the lost are not garbage to avoid, but treasure still waiting to be found?

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Why We Invite All People to Church

Everybody is chasing weight, significance, proof that they matter. There is one place that hands it over for free. That is why we invite everyone.

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The Life That Wins Souls to God

Soul-winning is not a technique. It is what happens when the God who is love so fills you that people encounter Him when they encounter you.

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