The Blog

Ten Things We Should Have Learned Since September 11, 2001

Twenty-five years on, Pastor Kent Keller presents Jim Tonkowich's article on what the September 11 attacks should have taught the church — in full.

Jesus Plus Nothing: The Math I Keep Doing on My Own Salvation

Kent Keller said Sunday that it's not Jesus plus works — it's just Jesus. I've spent years quietly doing the other math. Here's what happens when you stop.

A Tribute to My Father

Fifty years ago today, Kent Keller's father died at 55. A B-17 pilot, a POW, a Kansas farm boy — and the four things he left behind.

Greater Than All: What Colossians 1:15–20 Says About Who Jesus Really Is

Who is Jesus, really? Colossians 1:15-20 gives Paul's answer — Christ is above everything, sufficient for everything, and the center of everything.

Labor Day

The Ministry of Staying

Job's friends got it exactly right for seven days. Then one of them opened his mouth. There is a kind of help that requires no words at all — and most of us are bad at it.

The Bible Behind "I Have a Dream": Reflections at 63 Years

Greater Than Ourselves: The Place You Didn't Choose

Paul wrote Colossians from a prison cell, and he never once prayed to get out. What he prayed for instead changes how you look at the life you are actually living.

If God Is Sovereign, Are Our Choices Real?

Holding God's sovereignty and human responsibility together with biblical conviction and Christian humility.

Washing Up the Plates: Why God Cares About Your Monday

Most of your life is not spent doing anything memorable. A seventeenth-century monk who washed dishes for a living had an answer for that — and so does Colossians 3.

Greater Than Our Relationships: What Actually Changes When Jesus Is at the Center

Every generation invents a new way to build a marriage, raise a child, and survive a job — and each one collapses. Colossians 3:18-4:1 on the household that flourishes because Christ, not the people in it, is at the center.