The modern church has a lot of energy. Conferences, worship productions, podcasts, online campuses. It is visibly active in ways previous generations could not have imagined. And yet in many corners of it, something has gone quietly wrong — not through dramatic apostasy but through two doctrinal errors that, left uncorrected, hollow out the gospel…
People will tell you that the way to talk to God is through a structured prayer. “Our Father, who art in heaven…” And that isn’t completely wrong. It’s just mostly wrong. Here is the first thing to let go of: prayer does not need structure. It does not need to be formal. It does not…
There is a kind of weight a person can carry for so long that he stops calling it weight. He calls it “the way things are.” He has forgotten he set it down on his own back, and he has forgotten that setting-down can be reversed. This is a reflection on forgiveness — not the…
This may not look like a typical article for The Narrow Gate. There are no chapter references here, no prophets, no letters from Paul. But stay with me — because what follows is more theological than it first appears. How we treat others reveals what we believe about them. And what we believe about them…
“For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.” — 1 Corinthians 14:33 The gift of tongues is one of the most contested subjects in contemporary Christianity. In charismatic and Pentecostal traditions it is celebrated as evidence of the Spirit’s presence. In cessationist traditions it is viewed as a gift that ended with…
Today’s churches are full of rituals, traditions, and prescribed emotional experiences. Stand now. Clap now. Repeat these words. Sing these songs. And when the checklist is complete, many feel they have “done church.” But what of Christ? Where is the broken heart made whole by His hand? Where is the Spirit flowing freely among believers?…
There is a tragic pattern spreading today, and it’s easy to spot once you’ve been shown the real thing: people speaking about God while centering the world. They speak of Jesus while clinging to empowerment, alignment, self-worth, and emotional validation. They offer encouragement with one hand and pull souls back into self-focus with the other….
“Do not turn to mediums or necromancers; do not seek them out, and so make yourselves unclean by them: I am the Lord your God.” — Leviticus 19:31 Paranormal entertainment has become one of the most consistently popular genres in television. Ghost hunting shows, medium consultations, haunted location investigations — they attract enormous audiences and…
There is something deeply disorienting about watching a person stand before a camera, close their eyes dramatically, and announce that God has just spoken to them — that He has a word for the nations, a warning for the church, a revelation about what is coming next. Disorienting, because the performance is so confident. And…