This weekend I’m scheduled to preach at Blanchard Road Church in Warrenville, a message on how to appropriate divine strength through our human weakness. While preparing, I came across this recently filmed testimony by JI Packer. Having had the privilege of meeting Dr. Packer on several occasions over the years, I find his testimony to be forceful precisely because his words match his life. Thank God for mentors such as he.
I remember that lunch like it was yesterday. I was only 20 years old and not looking to offend my militant herbivorous colleagues. One by
The acclaimed Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti was a nervous wreck before every performance. Perhaps this would be the day that he would finally fail.
Maybe you are like me, an average Chris, not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but sufficiently motivated and interested to study theology in a
Early Christians saw themselves as the manifestation of Christ in the world. According to sociologist Rodney Stark, this understanding of Christ’s body fueled the church’s
Chris Castaldo is the Lead Pastor at New Covenant Church in Naperville, Illinois, and is a fellow at the Center for Pastor Theologians. Whether it’s through his writing, speaking, or his bi-weekly Vlog, "A Brief Word from Pastor Chris," he desires to see the gospel of Jesus Christ proclaimed and lives transformed for the glory of God.