Donnie Berry, Author at Christian Fellowship

Are You Too Busy To See?

By Donnie Berry
May 10, 2019

Our lives are busy. Really busy. It’s probably the most common response I get when I ask people, “How have you been?” “Busy.” It may be the most common response I give, too. Sadly, I’ve been realizing how my busyness—all my attempts to find rest in achieving and in…

What Does Christian Growth Look Like?

By Donnie Berry
August 8, 2018

I had a conversation with someone last week who came to my office to talk about what God is doing in their life. We ended up talking about ways this person wants to grow spiritually, which led to the question, “What does it even look like to grow?” Have…

“All Things Come Not by Chance, But by His Fatherly Hand” (Part 2)

By Donnie Berry
June 6, 2018

Last month, I began a blog series on God’s providence (see Part 1 here). The Heidelberg Catechism, we saw, defines God’s Providence as: the almighty and everywhere present power of God, whereby, as it were, by his hand, he still upholds heaven and earth, with all creatures, and so…

How Do People Change? – Seminar

By Donnie Berry
January 12, 2017

You’ve probably heard it said that the gospel transforms lives. But how? What does it look like for the gospel to transform us? And does the gospel really reach down into the big struggles we face—like depression, or paralyzing fear and anxiety, or sexual sin? Answering those questions is…

Conversations about Race – Morgan Steward

By Donnie Berry
January 11, 2016

Editor’s Note: The following is one of several interviews we are sharing from individuals in our church community who have helpful perspectives and vantage points into the issues of race and the gospel. Morgan Steward came to Mizzou to play football in 2012. He graduated this past December with a degree in Organizational Communications…

Conversations about Race – Stephen Montgomery-Smith

By Donnie Berry
January 4, 2016

Editor’s Note: The following is one of several interviews we will be sharing from individuals in our church community who have helpful perspectives and vantage points into the issues of race and the gospel. Dr. Stephen Montgomery-Smith is a husband, father, and a Professor of Mathematics at the University of Missouri, having first…

Conversations about Race – Ellis Ingram

By Donnie Berry
December 18, 2015

Editor’s Note: The following is one of several interviews we will be sharing from individuals in our church community who have helpful perspectives and vantage points into the issues of race and the gospel. Dr. Ellis Ingram and his wife Pam (“Granny Pam” of Granny’s House) have been part of our…

Conversations about Race – Adam Leong

By Donnie Berry
December 12, 2015

Editor’s Note: The following is one of several interviews we will be sharing from individuals in our church community who have helpful perspectives and vantage points into the issues of race and the gospel. Adam Leong and his wife Megan are campus ministers at Mizzou, leading Asian Christian Fellowship and…

Conversations about Race – Sunmolu Shoyinka

By Donnie Berry
December 4, 2015

Editor’s Note: The following is one of several interviews we will be sharing from individuals in our church community who have helpful perspectives and vantage points into the issues of race and the gospel. Sosunmolu Shoyinka is a Yale-trained psychiatrist and faculty member at the University of Missouri. Born and…

Two for Tuesday – Being the Smile of God to Your Children, Knowing the Smile of God for Yourself

By Donnie Berry
May 27, 2014

Two for Tuesday (Note: I will be taking a break from the two-for-tuesday blogs over the Summer, but will start back up in the Fall). 1.

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