Articles - Testimonies

As part of our series on the Local Church we wanted to hear from people about why they love their local church and how it has affected their lives. Here are four of your stories.

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Brittany
Vista New Life Church
El Paso, TX

Most people would begin a testimony of how they found their local church with a story…

Everything Justin and Isaac said about the need for us to fulfill our call as biblical men sounds great… before you spend 8 hrs in a van with ten yelling, caffeinated, arm-wrestling guys from your church. Wow.

I’m kidding here, but really, it’s easy for me to miss the connection between hearing encouragement to fulfill my call as a biblical man and actually partnering with the men in…

I knew I could probably only say one thing, and it had to count.

The girl was from my humanities class and we were getting ready for the final. This was one of those desperate last ditch study sessions that you leave more confused than you were to begin with. Our professor was brilliant, but vehemently against Christians. Not Jesus, Christians.

This man had a serious…

Thoughts from a random guy applying Humble Orthodoxy.

The coffeeshop we’re in has a name I can’t pronounce. The sign on the door says “Fair Trade Certified” and the hip couches say “college study spot.” The air smells like the bags of coffee beans stacked on the back shelf and textbooks littering the tables.

I’m here with Drew and Tim, two guys from my church. We…