As churches continue to adjust their approach to ministry in light of different restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, we at Lifeway and The Gospel Project want to continue to serve you well. In light of recent events both in the United States and internationally, here are the updated temporary permissions for using The Gospel Project for Kids materials....

Every week, without fail—when we actually are ready to get down to business—my community group begins the same way, with these words: Because of the gospel, this is a safe place. What is said here stays here. No one has anything to fear because if God is for us, who can be against us?Through the gospel, we are a...

The first time I read the Bible—and I mean really read the Bible, not just random snippets that showed up on TV shows and in comic books and novels—was when I was 25. It wasn’t a book I had grown up around; it never even occurred to me that I should read it. And I’ll be honest, when I...

I’ll never forget Easter weekend in 2009. I was making a sandwich on Sunday after church, exhausted after weeks of working seemingly nonstop in my job with a Christian ministry. I slept poorly. I worked long hours. I barely took any time off. But it was worth it; after all, it was all “for the mission,” y’know? But this...

Is Jesus the only way to God? I’m often asked this question. If the answer is, “Yes, Jesus is the only way to God,” a line is drawn where we would sometimes rather things remain fuzzy. Why would we prefer this particular claim to remain fuzzy? In many cities there are arrays of religious beliefs: Mysticism, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism,...

Back in the far-off days of December 2020, there was a greater sense of anticipation about the coming year than I’ve seen in a long time. And it’s no surprise why: For many of us, 2020 was a gigantic dumpster fire. The pandemic and its fall out disrupted our regular patterns of life at every level. Concerns over the...