While it’s important to learn from the differences between the church in the U.S. and the rest of the world, we share universal priorities.
Seven Thanksgiving Reminders
Manuel Luz shares seven Scripture passages which point us to an attitude of thanksgiving and worship to our good and gracious God.
Tony Campolo, sociologist and famed Red Letter Christian, has died
Known as a powerful evangelist and social justice preacher, Campolo had long advocated that Christian faith can transform the world — and people’s everyday lives.
Try These 5 Tips to Value Your Leadership Team
Teams that don’t feel valued often simply go through the motions which dampens motivation and decreases productivity. Great leaders pay keen attention to how valued their teams feel. Poor leaders seldom even think about it. Evaluate your leadership against these five behaviors great leaders show.
10 Mistakes I Made When Reading the Bible
Your reading experience will be far richer if you learn—as I’m doing—to avoid these common mistakes.
Your Buying Guide for Bible Study Resources: Updated for 2024
If you’re in the market for gifts to encourage Bible study, here are our top recommendations. We’ve reviewed most of these products on this site at many times and in many ways, but here they are in one place for you.
Bend the Ear of God: Three Wonders of Christian Prayer
God will not have the prevailing influence in your life if his practical means of influence mainly feel obligatory. But God himself doesn’t intend for his means to be obligations.
I am reading the biography of the 19th Century Scottish Minister Alexander Moody Stuart*. He was part of a golden generation of Scottish Ministers which included Robert Murray McCheyne and the Bonar brothers, that did so much good for the gospel. Moody Stuart gave 3 instructions on prayer which I’ve found helpful....
College Kids and Church Membership
For many of us students, college is a time of independence. It is our first taste of wholly independent decision making, especially for those of us who move out of family homes and onto college campuses. When we move to college, what we eat, where we sleep, and how we spend our day is completely up to us. At college, there is no one to make decisions for us. No one makes us get up and go to church on Sunday morning. For Christian students at college— whether one came to college a Christian or met Christ at school— we must proactively choose to go to church and to become a part of a church family through membership.
Make the Most of Sunday Mornings
...there are many simple changes we can all make to maximize our Sundays. Consider just two.
Called beyond qualification: how God's strength shines through human weakness
God's criteria for calling people to His work defies conventional wisdom. The Bible's narrative is filled with unlikely choices - people who, by any human measure, seem ill-suited to carry out divine tasks. Yet, time and again, God's choices reveal a deep truth: His work is accomplished not through human strength or talent but through hearts aligned with His own.
How to Witness to Family Members at Thanksgiving
These are some practical ideas for what it might mean to see ourselves as sent among our relatives. These suggestions are inspired by Randy Newman’s excellent book Bringing the Gospel Home: Witnessing to Family Members, Close Friends, and Others Who Know You Well....