Author: Ryan Gilbert

Christ-follower, husband, father, TCU/SWBTS Alum, Doctoral student at Midwestern Seminary in Kansas City, and Lead Pastor at Raintree Community Church in Lee's Summit, MO.

Working the Word Into Your Day (from Raintree Church members)

I recently started a Facebook message thread with about 15 of our church members, and thought their input was so practical and helpful that I had to share it! I reorganized their thoughts into 9 questions/segments, and asked their permission to share. Thankfully they said yes. It’s neat not only to see some great ideas…

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The Past Does Not Define Us

Philippians 3:13- “Brother, I do not consider that I have made it my own. But one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and straining forward to what lies ahead.” How Paul writes this is rather abrupt. He’s writing and thinking about chasing after maturity, and even though he’s not perfectly mature yet at all—he…

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