Garrett Kell

2 months ago | crossway.org | J. Garrett Kell |Adam Griffin |Jonathan K. Dodson |Garrett Kell

Pitfalls to AvoidAs you get going in discipleship and doing spiritual good to others, consider a couple of pitfalls you should avoid. The following list isn’t exhaustive, but hopefully it will help you approach the discipling task with wisdom. 1. Don’t Be PossessiveWell-meaning people can be tempted to approach discipling with an unhealthy possessiveness.

Dec 6, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Garrett Kell

My two earliest memories of my mother couldn’t be more different. The pleasant one is our evening routine: She’d pull me onto her lap to recite the Lord’s Prayer and sing “The Old Rugged Cross” until I fell asleep. The other is her sobbing in her bathroom, telling me how badly she wanted to die. This perplexing tension between Mom’s two sides carried on for 40 years or so until my mother went to be with the Lord earlier this year. Tortured SoulMom’s childhood was marked by mingled joy and pain.

Jun 11, 2024 | theaquilareport.com | Garrett Kell

You’ll certainly see more rainbows during June. When you do, remember what the rainbow really means. Long before the LGBT+ community used the rainbow to communicate their message, it belonged to God, and he was sending a different message. June is Pride Month. For some, that means nothing. For others, it means everything. And for many Christians who struggle with same-sex attraction, the hurricane of emotions is precarious to navigate.

Jun 6, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Stephen Presley |Tim Keller |Edmund P. Clowney |Garrett Kell

“I call myself a cultural Christian, but I’m not a believer,” stated the famed atheist Richard Dawkins in a recent interview with Rachel Johnson of LBC News. “I love hymns and Christmas carols, and I sort of feel at home in the Christian ethos,” he continued. He wants the cathedrals and parish churches that speckle England’s landscape, just without the faith nonsense that informs them. This interview is yet another signal that culture is changing.

Jun 6, 2024 | thegospelcoalition.org | Jeremy Linneman |Tim Keller |Edmund P. Clowney |Garrett Kell

I was preparing to begin a four-month series on the Holy Spirit and one of my older pastor friends said, “That’s great. How many people do you think you’ll lose?” He wasn’t entirely joking, and I knew we had important but challenging conversations ahead. It’s an unfortunate reality that division, confusion, and disunity exist around our views on the Spirit. But one of the Spirit’s primary roles is to bring unity to believers and churches.