Saturday Lagniappe:"Engaging Singles During the Holidays" and More

Engaging Singles During the Holidays

Some singles can’t afford to go home. Others have no family left or are estranged from their families. Whatever the reason, they find themselves alone during the holidays. This reality gives the church a unique opportunity to build relationships with singles outside the church and love the singles in their church during the holidays. But to do so, we have to be willing to change our mindset from the perfect American family-only holiday that we so often envision to a messy, open celebration of the family we have through Christ and an open invitation to those who are still caught in sin’s curse. Read More

Three Common Idols in Churches

Here are three common idols in churches that every church leader needs to know and turn away from. Read More

15 Ways to Manage Your Time Wisely [Infograph]

With the New Year just around the bend, it’s time to reevaluate your productivity and see how you can retool to refine and improve. Excellent church time management is possible, even for the busiest pastors, staff, or church communicators. How can you successfully manage your time? Read More

The Heresy of Orthodoxy: When Was the Earliest Complete List of New Testament Books? [Video]

In this video Andreas Köstenberger and Michael J. Kruger discuss the earliest complete list of New Testament books. This discussion is the fourth installment in a video series based upon their book, The Heresy of Orthodoxy: How Contemporary Culture’s Fascination with Diversity Has Reshaped Our Understanding of Early Christianity (Crossway, 2010). Watch Now

Week of Prayer for International Missions, Day Five - Forgotten Refugees

North Africans fleeing from violence and famine are finding nothing for them in Europe. IBM missionaries are offering them the hope of the gospel and ask your prayers for these "forgotten" refugees. Read More

Forced to Flee: Worldwide Refugee Movement [Infographic]

From war-torn countries to natural disasters, the reasons people are forced to pick up their lives and families and abandon their homelands vary widely. Reality is, however, that refugee movement is on the rise with no signs of slowing down. The infographic below presents some of the latest available information on the worldwide movement of displaced peoples. Read More

The Hopelessness of Cremation Rituals Creates Gospel Urgency

A week before my grandmother passed away, I stood on the banks of a holy river in Kathmandu and watched a son and father cremate their mother and wife. The raw emotion and despondency I saw on their faces was crushing. Read More

The Offense of the Gospel and the Offense of Roy Moore

Christians in the state of Alabama are experiencing a painful identity crisis. Roy Moore impresses many around the country as an ideological warrior for a brand of conservative Christianity that has little to do with Jesus Christ and the New Testament. Never mind about the Sermon on the Mount, Moore flies under the banner of God, Country, and Guns. Read More