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
Just thought I'd post an update on our church's progress toward higher disciple participation. We are moving in a positive direction. We've been incorporating the Jesus Christ Disciplemaker model into several places in our ministry. We led works
Has anyone else experienced periods of time where it seems like God sidelined you for a while to work on some things in your own life. And then when you felt called to get back in the game, you felt a sense of inadequacy or it seemed that there wer
Hi, everyone! Just wanted to tell you the new fun thing I am doing: leading an adult study of the hymns (and psalms and spiritual songs!) called "Sing Praise to God." I am writing it as I give it, and envision having 9 sessions in total.
Does anyone
I've read the book Every Man's BattleBy Stephen Arterburn, Fred Stoeker, Mike Yorkey. I've found a lot of really helpful tips and advice in it, but yet I feel like the book focuses a little too much on my effort and "purity techniques" and not enoug
Just finished Piper's new book, THINK. It is a wonderful call for us - individually and collectively as the Church - to think, to read, to reason, to meditate on our faith and on the glories of our God and our Savior Jesus the Christ. I found myself
