How do we speak boldly about Jesus without speaking loudly? I listened to a podcast of Charles Stanley and his son - Andy was stating we mostly pray for blessings
and for the sick. That lesson touched me dearly! I try to
speak calmly but I have been
Noted Christian researcher/author George Barna writes, "By spiritual champions, I mean individuals who have embraced Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord; accept the Bible as truth and as the guide for life; and seek to live in obedience to its prin
Jesus was the greatest disciple maker who has ever lived. How did He begin?
Though Jesus had many who followed, He chose only twelve ordinary men with a mixture of backgrounds and personalities to be His disciples. Jesus’ entire ministry depended up
I have been going through the Real-Life Discipleship course, and it has been a big help. Just curious, there's no mention of genders when it talks about discipling relationships. Is it all right for men to disciple women, or vice versa?
I have recently finished this book and it deserves a real in depth look at what Jesus has told us and how the American Christian life measures up to it. The author, David Platt is a pastor of a growing church in Birmingham, Alabama who stopped to rea
A popular idea is that Jesus is a friend to everyone; but who does Jesus himself say his friends are? If you take a minute to look up his words in John 15:14, you will find that he said: “You are my friends if you do what I command.” If that i
My heart is breaking. Lately, I have been hearing about several situations in a church where marriages are splitting up and as the spouses go off to do something to further destroy their marriage, they are proclaiming that "The Holy Spirit is leadi
I was reading 1 Corinthians 2 this morning and found myself stopping to meditate on verse 16. I thought I'd share the question that came to mind and see what your thoughts are...
My church is hosting an interfaith service to include Muslim, Jewish, "Yoga," Catholic, and a smattering of various Christian denominations. I have some mixed feelings. What do others think of these kind of events?
I am a leaader in a small international church in the Netherlands, we have a very diverse group of people attending in a very diverse community that attracks many international students and expat business people.
The following is an excerpt from the document entitled The Cape Town Commitment: A Confession of Faith and a Call To Action from the Third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelization conducted last fall.
Some 4,000 leaders from 198 countries attended
THESE DAYS I CAN NOT STOP TO WONDER.......IS THIS THE CHURCH JESUS CHRIST DIED FOR? THERE IS SO MUCH DECAY AND RUT IN THE GLOBAL CHURCH TODAY. AS THE LORD GRATS ME OPEN DOOR AND PRIVELEDGE TO SHARE HIS WORD AROUND, ALL I CAN SEE IS SERIOUS DECAY. SI