Andrew Arndt

Andrew Arndt is the lead pastor of New Life East, one of seven congregations of New Life Church in Colorado Springs. Prior to joining New Life’s team, he served as lead pastor of Bloom Church: a neo-monastic, charismatic, liturgical, justice-driven network of house churches in Denver. He is the host of the Essential Church podcast, a weekly conversation designed to strengthen the thinking of church and ministry leaders. Andrew received his MDiv from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School and is a Leading Voice for Missio Alliance. He lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Mandi, & their four kids. Andrew’s latest book, Streams in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers, released in September 2022. His first book, All Flame, released in 2020.

Articles by Andrew Arndt

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting for God

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Mayra Ramos

Blue Christmas: Is it Really the Most Wonderful Time of the Year?

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Eun Strawser

Advent: Expressible Joy

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Derek Vreeland

Advent: The Poet of Peace

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Ted Kim

Advent: Hope is a Mountain

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Andrew Arndt

Advent: Watching and Waiting For God

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Dennis R. Edwards

Advent: The Nexus of Humility, Justice, and Joy

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Andrew Arndt

Lessons from the Desert: How Frustration with the Church May Be an Invitation of the Spirit

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Donnell Wyche

Rejecting the Lie that Life Has to Be This Way

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Gaby Viesca

Is Our Gospel of Love Truly About Love?

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Josh Funk

Biblical Interpretation and Leaning into the Mystery of God, Part 1

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Karina Kreminski

Allowing God to Love us Through Centering Prayer

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David Swanson

Loving Across the Divides

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Hyung Jin Kim Sun

Overcoming the Fear of Loving our Enemies

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Seth Richardson

Recovering Authority in a Contested Age

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Austin Fischer

Keep the Churches Closed! (a Response to Rusty Reno)

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Steve Cuss

Liberated by Perfect Love

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Seth Richardson

For Kingdom Citizens, Civil Discourse Doesn’t Work

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Lesa Engelthaler

Finding the Strength to Love from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Derek Vreeland

Who Do We Get to Hate?

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JR Rozko

Can the (White) Church Hear Rev. King Today?

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Tara Beth Leach

Let Love Be Our Banner, Not Fear

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David Lamb

We Are All Sodomites: Love, Mercy, & the “LGBTQ Conversation”

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Tara Beth Leach

Hellfire In Heels or Daughters of the Resurrection?

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Bill Walker

More Atonement Talk: Some Clarification and Application

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Mark Moore

Put a Face on God – Because God Really Is Like Jesus!

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Derek Vreeland

Is the Holy Spirit the Love Between the Father and the Son?

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Tara Beth Leach

Becoming #TrulyHuman…Together

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Fred Liggin

A #TrulyHuman Realization: Raising a Racist Who Loves His Wife Well

Josh Brock

Firehouse Confessional

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Nijay Gupta

Did St. Paul Believe in Unity?