AUTHOR

Wes Van Fleet

Pastors and Friendship

By Wes Van Fleet / April 15, 2023

What are some of the challenges pastors face in trying to build friendships with people in their congregation? How can Christians guard themselves from placing unrealistic expectations on their pastor?

3 Ways the Gospel Brings Harmony to Your Marriage

By Wes Van Fleet / July 30, 2022

We all enter into marriage with a bit of baggage. Yet, when we come to the place where both persons in marriage have their minds and hearts fixed on Christ, something beautiful happens.

The Christian’s Dual Citizenship: When the Ethics of Heaven and Earth Collide

By Wes Van Fleet / June 21, 2022

In the first century Christians were not treated as well as Roman citizens. Where Rome demanded allegiance through aggression and superiority, followers of Jesus both then and today depend on a power that comes from the Sovereign King himself.

Does Increased Access to Knowledge Satisfy More in the Long Run?

By Wes Van Fleet / February 15, 2022

We are a people with more knowledge at our fingertips than any other time in history; yet, we are more depressed than most of our ancestors. Why?

Property Lines: Earthly Division vs. Gospel Unity

By Wes Van Fleet / January 26, 2022

In an individualistic culture like ours, people want to know what belongs to them. How does gospel unity help us to knock down earthly dividing lines?

How Will You Bring Light into a Dark World This Christmas Season?

By Wes Van Fleet / December 22, 2021

What would it look like to be so moved by the great news of the gospel this Christmas season that we begin to add a little bright color to the dark grayness of our neighbors’ lives?

Do You Have Resurrection Courage?

By Wes Van Fleet / January 22, 2021

Where the reality of death confronts us is also where resurrection hope is to be proclaimed. If Jesus returned today, would he find us sitting on the treasure he entrusted to us?

The Already and Not Yet: Developing a Christian Perspective on Politics

By Wes Van Fleet / October 26, 2020

Politics and government matter greatly, but they are not the supreme places for our hope and trust. How does recognizing the already and not yet of this time between the inauguration and consummation of Christ’s kingdom help believers to keep a biblical perspective in an imperfect world?

“Are You Not Entertained?” The Pseudo-Kingdom Versus the Kingdom of God

By Wes Van Fleet / September 19, 2020

Many men today from their late teens into their mid and late twenties have settled for a pseudo-kingdom rather than the kingdom of God. What is this pseudo-kingdom?