Gospel Today

In this podcast, Caleb interviews Oleksandr Salfetnikov, a pastor serving close to the eastern front in Ukraine. Aleksander shares of his experiences during wartime and how his ministry has continued despite the difficulties of the war. For language purposes the video has been translated to English.

Likely, you would not tell anyone that you love Hitler or that you think he did a lot of good for the Church. However, that’s exactly how many Christians felt in the 1930’s in Nazi Germany. They were unashamed of their support for Hitler and vocal in their support of him. Looking back on how things turned out, this seems hard to imagine, yet millions of Christians were deceived and gladly followed the Führer down the path of one of the most murderous regimes in recent history. millions of Chris

God Is Building His Church in the Midst of War For many people, Ukraine is known primarily through the images and stories that come out of the war: destroyed buildings, missile strikes, soldiers at the front, and families who have lost loved ones. But spending time in Ukraine reveals something that is harder to see from a distance. People are still living their lives, churches are still gathering, communities are being served, and Christians are continuing to share the hope of the Gospel. Rece

Finding Joy in Suffering: What James Teaches the Modern ChurchConsider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. - James 1:2-3 Few passages of Scripture challenge modern Christians as much as these opening words from James. The idea of finding joy in suffering seems almost impossible in a culture that spends enormous amounts of time and energy trying to avoid pain. We naturally seek comfor

Should We Give a Little Gospel to Thousands—or the Whole Gospel to a Few? Contemporary evangelical movements have often focused on giving a little gospel to as many people as possible. The goal is to reduce the message down to a few memorable phrases that can be shared quickly with large numbers of people. But is that the pattern we find in Scripture? This question is addressed thoughtfully in Chapter 2 of Will Metzger's Tell the Truth, titled The Gospel Reduced. As I recently revisited this c

Just a couple hundred meters from our church office, a missile struck an apartment building. It happened around 7:00 in the morning. Thankfully, I was still at home drinking my coffee when I heard the explosion. A few hours later, as I drove to church, I was met with a large traffic jam because the missile had hit the very road I travel every day.When I arrived at the office, I walked down the street toward the scene. I could see the top of the apartment building where the missile had struck. T