Congrats to Roy Goble on the release of "Junkyard Wisdom Rebuilt" today! In the words of Fred Smith, "Roy's book takes us into the holy grime, the tensions of wealth and poverty, and the truly rich life that comes from not forgetting the poor." amzn.to/3x3dNvo

Fred's Thursday Blog: "A weasel doesn't know he's a weasel. He just does what works to get food." bit.ly/3aq23LS

Fred's Thursday Blog: "The course of Western history shifted in that moment. It could have gone one way but it went another." bit.ly/3n0lAoR

Be sure to check out Scott Sauls new book "Beautiful People Don't Just Happen." Scott was able to join us at The Gathering in San Diego as our Bible teacher a few years ago and we are so grateful for his thoughtful writing and teaching. amzn.to/3xY4sqe

Fred's Thursday Blog: "Solomon sabotaged the nation’s future by dismantling their moral core. It was not simply personal idolatry." bit.ly/3NhbmeP

Fred's Thursday Blog: "Why had we not done this before? Why had we waited so long?" bit.ly/3Ae2bsF

Fred's Thursday Blog: What do we do when there is no longer any shred of remorse or regret? bit.ly/3C4pd5P

“We are prisoners of Hope and we build in perilous times…the gospel will always have the last word.” Gabriel & Jeanette #Gath2022

“Not everyone who claims to speak for God does so.” Philip Yancey #gath2022

“It’s more likely that you steward well failure and suffering than those who steward success.” Philip Yancey #gath2022

“Pain forces you to pay attention and go up against the most important things in life.” Philip Yancey #gath2022

“Any type of pain or suffering we experience people tend to lead with advice. But what it does is it puts a distance between them and us.”Diana Gruver #gath2022

“You can build a very large audience with fear and anger. But you cannot build disciples that way.” Skye Jethani #gath2022

“When we love somebody we think about how we communicate with them because the message is so important.” Donald Miller #gath2022

“Many of the things we care about are being ignored because we haven’t sit and thought about how we are going to communicate it.” Donald Miller #gath2022

“If your life in the political square is not marked by humility then you’re for sure getting it wrong.” Bill Haslam #gath2022

Fred's Thursday Blog: “Be faithful in small things because it is in them that your strength lies.” bit.ly/3dQHqdA

Fred's Thursday Blog: “The challenge for the church is reaching people who are accustomed to being alone for much of their lives." bit.ly/3U5EZ6O

Fred's Thursday Blog: “Of course it’s hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. It’s the hard that makes it great.” bit.ly/3Px0Mmt

“Anxiety often feels like good parenting.” @sissygoff #gath2023