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If your only exposures to the movements of God were headlines and news articles, you’d be dismayed, disappointed, and distressed — understandably. Journalists and statisticians, secular and Christian alike, profess doom and gloom. They tell us that we people of faith are divided by politics, theology, and scandal — and we are. They write that church attendance is declining — and it is. They inform us that the “nones” (people not identifying with religion) are increasing in staggering numbers — and they are.

But those headlines completely miss the much larger story: God is moving as powerfully as ever before.

“For I the Lord do not change” (Malachi 3:6, ESV).

Therefore, you and I must look through and beyond the distractions, arguments, and consternations — to discover and discern what he’s up to. It’s the most significant thing in all the world. No breaking news, no political dust-up, no new poll numbers, nothing else comes anywhere close.

Testimonies fascinate us;
complaints make us bored.
Beauty amazes us;
fear leaves us cold.
God’s presence thrills us;
putting limits on him makes us yawn.

Here’s one way we at Rapt see God moving: We look around today and find ourselves living in a golden age of technology, content, and discipleship. Breakthroughs in publishing, filmmaking, recording, podcasting, and software are enabling large and growing and diverse factions of the faithful to encounter God (and one another) in innovative and profound ways.

That’s huge. It’s something to be shouted from the rooftops, and we’re doing that. But we’re not the only ones with something to proclaim. It’s noisy out there. Researchers at UC San Diego estimate that the average American is bombarded with something like 34 gigabytes of information each and every day. This translates, they say, into approximately 100,000 words, counting those read in print and online and those heard on television, podcasts, and radio. By way of comparison, Herman Melville’s Moby Dick contains 209,117 words.

That’s why we created Rapt, an interdenominational online magazine designed to cut through the noise and curate an essential selection of ideas and resources that will usher you into God’s presence and help you discover how he’s moving in your life. We help you uncover and recover the most interesting, excellent, hallowed and indispensable, current and convenient ways of meeting and experiencing the Ancient of Days, our Abba Father. We spotlight books, fiction and nonfiction, devotionals, Bible studies, films, podcasts, tech, habits, music, art, poetry, and so much more.

So, that’s what we’re all about — encountering God. Rapt is for the few who will settle for nothing less than the astonishing gift of God’s presence.

“We must never allow the authority of books, institutions, or leaders to replace the authority of ‘knowing’ Jesus Christ personally and directly. When the religious views of others interpose between us and the primary experience of Jesus as the Christ, we become unconvicted and unpersuasive travel agents handing out brochures to places we have never visited.”

— Brennan Manning

Why is the encounter so important? It’s simple. We’re made to be in loving relationship with God, obviously. The Bible is clear. But to love him, we must know him first. We cannot love someone we do not know — not really, not intimately. And when Jesus talked about that kind of knowing, he meant something specific. In Scripture, Jesus prayed that we would come to know his Father (John 17:3). And the Greek word used in his prayer is ginōskō — a verb that connotes “familiarity acquired through experience.”

To move from knowing of God to knowing him, we must encounter him personally. We can settle no longer for the idea of a relationship. We must move into an actual one-to-one relationship with him — one that is real and close and strong. And we do that by doing things with him.

And Rapt curates the best things.

Now, you might be thinking, what entitles you to curate stuff for me? Well, we do loads of interviews with so many fascinating people:

➸ World-class leaders and entrepreneurs
➸ Culture-changing pastors and professors
➸ Blue-ribbon writers and filmmakers
➸ Front-line musicians and mystics
➸ Top-tier journalists and social influencers
➸ Cutting-edge comedians and artists
➸ Even a magician and a former mobster, too

We ask them questions and immerse ourselves in their stories, getting deep into how God’s love and grace flow through their lives.

We then pull data points from those hundreds of conversations — suggestions, recommendations, endorsements, testimonies — and enter them into our exclusive database, alongside data from the New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, Amazon, ECPA, and Christianbook bestseller lists, the Billboard and K-Love spin charts, and data from outlets like Dove.org, Christian Cinema, Rotten Tomatoes, Netflix, Google, Apple, Spotify, Substack, and Goodreads.

Interviews Conducted ➼ more than 280 To Date

So, data. But the best kind of data: testimony data. That’s what makes Rapt an award-winning site. That’s why you can trust our curation.

And that’s not all. We then try really hard to present all that data in ways that are (hopefully) thoughtful, enjoyable, and easy to access — in our articles, lists, and newsletters. We have great writers and syndicate work from some of this generation’s best faith-focused writers and journalists.

So, what’s the upshot? We do the work. You get the stuff that matters. Ideas and resources that connect you most easily, deeply, and often with God.

Come along with us! Bookmark our front page. Or sign up for the Rapt Newsletter here, and don’t miss a thing!