Jesus destroyed the division between Jew and Gentile. But today, many of us are rebuilding a dividing wall of hostility, brick by brick. In levying new regulations on one another, we sacrifice peace, unity, and wisdom. What’s a better way?

How did Peter, an “unschooled, ordinary man” with well-documented flaws, have an extraordinary personal ministry? In the epic story of Peter’s life, Jesus prepared him in three main ways. In these same ways we, too, become fishers of men.

In our hurried, task-driven lives, we too often trade reflection for production. We want everything on our own terms, and God is no exception. Here are signs you’ve bought into a counterfeit Christianity and become a cultural Christian.

We see male archetypes everywhere, each subtly held up as a standard to live by. It’s not just the culture leaving guys confused; it can also be the church. Here’s how manhood tropes limit men’s ministry—and how you can break the cycle.