Bill Kynes

Mar 28, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Andrew Spencer |Russ Ramsey |Brett McCracken |Bill Kynes

Familiarity breeds complacency well before it breeds contempt. When was the last time you noticed the color of your living room? How long since you’ve delighted in the flavor of the “new” recipe you’ve cooked every two weeks for the past two years? Even if you lived on the rim of the Grand Canyon, you’d eventually take the scenery for granted. Similarly, if we’re not careful, the grandeur of the story of Christ’s life, death, and resurrection can become boring.

Mar 27, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Julie Lowe |Brett McCracken |Russ Ramsey |Bill Kynes

Parents, educators, caring adults, and the church have grown more alert to the need to teach kids tangible ways to stay safe from abuse. Since concerned adults like you and me can’t always be with children, we must educate them in concrete, child-appropriate safety skills. Every child is different. Some are naturally more cautious or distrustful; others are carefree risk-takers. It’s helpful to know your children and to shape your conversations around what they need to hear and learn.

Mar 26, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Melissa Kruger |Brett McCracken |John Shelton |Bill Kynes

Raising teens has never been easy. Parents have run-of-the-mill concerns we think about each day: Will my teen make the team? Does she have a friend to sit with at lunch? How did he do on that test? Will my teen have a date for the dance? And in our increasingly secular age, additional fears and questions arise: Is my son anxious or depressed? Is she struggling with her sexuality or experiencing gender dysphoria? Is my teen addicted to social media, porn, video games, alcohol, drugs?

Mar 22, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Bill Kynes |Garrett Kell |John Shelton |Justin Taylor

Editors’ note: On March 5, 2024, Trinity announced its president, Nicholas Perrin, had resigned and was being replaced by Kevin Kompelien, who’s leaving his role as the president of the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) to assume this position. We asked Bill Kynes, a Trinity graduate who served for 36 years as a pastor in the EFCA and is a member of Trinity’s board of regents, to address what this change means for the institution.