Saturday Lagniappe: You Too: A Call to End Violence Against Women

You Too: A Call to End Violence Against Women

The United Nations (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women seeks to raise public awareness about the violence that occurs against women in all geographic regions and socioeconomic strata of the world. This day is observed each year on November 25

Violence against women is a pervasive issue, and the women in our churches are not immune. Read More

What can we do as individual Christians and churches to prevent violence against women? How can we minister to the victims of such violence?

9 Things You Should Know About Sexual Misconduct

For the past several weeks, reports and allegations of sexual assault and harassment by celebrities and politicians have been in the news every day. Here are nine things you should know about these forms of sexual misconduct.... Read More

The Real 12 Days of Christmas

Celebrating Christ's birth with saints of the faith during the actual Christmas season. Read More

If you scroll down the page, you will find a number of other articles on topics related to Christmas.

8 New Resources for Advent

Advent always comes at just the right time. Read More

Two Scripture passages every pastor needs today (and every day)

Pastor, meditate on these texts to nourish your faithfulness and to silence your anxiety. Read More

A must read for those of us who are, whether as a member of the clergy or a layperson, involved in pastoral ministry of any kind.

A Revival Of The Public Reading of Scripture

I risk sounding old-fashioned, uninventive, or the promoter of something that “just won’t work these days,” but here’s my conviction: We should read even large sections of Scripture when the church meets. Read More

I would add that we should take our cue from the apostle Paul and read the Scriptures in an a language that the guests who attend our church, not just ourselves, are able to understand.

Systemic Issues in Discipleship

While most pastors and church leaders would agree that discipleship is directional by quoting passages like Hebrews 12:1-2 or Philippians 3:13-14; unfortunately, when you take a look at how discipleship happens in a typical church, we’re not practicing what we preach. Read More

Quite thought provoking. A must read.

The Gospel Is the Only Stable Source of Identity and Value

In a post-Christian culture, it’s really important Christian ambassadors are good translators. People steeped in our modern culture have a very different worldview than Christianity. It’s easy for those we’re talking with about the Gospel to misunderstand what we’re saying. Read More

This article offers insight into the reason there is a great deal of hostility toward the Christian message in our culture.