by Steve Hedrick | Sep 23, 2024 | Presence Weekly
First Things: We’re building community on LinkedIn, X, Instagram, and other networks to provide resources for whole-life discipleship and to help shape Christian discourse. Join the conversation and share with your friends to help us pursue flourishing for the...
by Steve Hedrick | Sep 19, 2024 | Presence Weekly
This is the first episode of the first episode of Season 4 – Election 2024: The Church and the Public Square.This is the first episode of Season 4 – Election 2024: The Church and the Public Square. Listen to this episode here and wherever you get your...
by Steve Hedrick | Sep 16, 2024 | Presence Weekly
Because we are elect exiles, we can live in our current cultural moment and every other moment as people who are valued, loved, and forgiven. The paradox of identity as elect exiles has both weighty and widespread implications for the public square. Photo by Samuel...
by Steve Hedrick | Sep 10, 2024 | Presence Weekly
Christians are called to listen differently. We are called to evaluate the policy positions proposed by each candidate through the Biblical criteria of Christ’s eschatological initiative articulated in his statement, “Behold, I am Making All Things NeStage for the...
by Steve Hedrick | Sep 9, 2024 | Presence Weekly
For Christians serving and leading in the public square, embracing the diversity of Christ’s body, and seeking to maintain the unity of the church will undoubtedly offer foretastes of the coming kingdom to all who witness this gospel-centered love.Working groups...
by Steve Hedrick | Sep 3, 2024 | Presence Weekly
By displaying character in our service and leadership of the local church and in our vocations (both are acts of worship), we promote the truth that equality of opportunity, flourishing, and justice are the full implications of the gospel.St. Stephen is Consecrated...
