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.
Jesus’ Beatitude about persecution has a special resonance in Punjab, Pakistan, right now. Earlier this month, Muslim mobs attacked and burned 26 churches, accusing their
When we pray for God’s kingdom to come “on earth as it is in heaven” (Matt. 6:10), we sometimes imagine it full of power and
When I visited baby Iris, I was greeted by her daddy, a young man whose wedding I had officiated. He escorted me to the isolette
My new book, The Upside Down Kingdom: Wisdom for Life from the Beatitudes launches this week. Thanks to Crossway Publishers for the magnificent job they’ve
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.