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Matt Boga

Matt Boga is the associate pastor at Reality Church of Stockton, California.

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“Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division,” by Richard Lints: A Review

A few years ago, during a particularly contentious presidential election cycle, my father shared an article with me from a publication to which he subscribed and asked me to offer him my thoughts on the topic covered. […]

“Reappearing Church,” by Mark Sayers: A Review

“Reappearing Church,” by Mark Sayers: A Review

Like civilization generally, the church moves through history atop the highest peaks and the deepest valleys. While our Western culture presses Christianity to the margins of acceptable public social activity, many have decided to assimilate to the larger culture to stay relevant. This assimilation has caused a decline in social and political capital for the […]

Going Upstream of Streaming Worship: Embracing Creaturely Limits in an Age of Autonomy and Disembodiment

Israel’s King Come to Save

“So they took branches of palm trees and went out to meet him, crying out, ‘Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, even the King of Israel.’” John 12:13 The crowds had followed him to Jerusalem. Even more crowds had come out to exalt him as king while he entered. […]

“Family Worship” by Donald Whitney

“Family Worship” by Donald Whitney

We devote time in our lives to the things we believe are worthy of it. In the introduction of Family Worship, Donald Whitney notes that while many Christian families neglect daily family worship, it is of utmost importance. Family worship is not only vital because it works to re-form what the world forms in us […]

Recovering the Language of Love

“Humble Calvinism” by J. A. Medders

Humble Calvinism By J. A. Medders The Good Book Company, 2019 128 pages (paperback), $12.99 If you’ve been part of Western Christianity for the past fifteen or twenty years, you’ve probably run into a brand of Calvinism—or I should say Calvin-ist—that can’t easily be described as “humble.” It’s this issue that Jeff Medders confronts in […]

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