Tuesday, December 01, 2020

Tuesday's Catch: Rural Ministry during COVID-19 and More


If you live in a small town or rural area, the current coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis is hitting you differently than your big-city friends. Here are 5 lessons I’m learning from conversations I’m having with rural pastors.... Read More 

How to Minister to Church Members We Can’t Visit [Podcast]

Thom and Sam Rainer discuss practical ways to effectively minister to church members we can’t visit during this difficult time of quarantine and social distancing. Listen Now

When Decision-Making Seems Murky

When leaders are faced with decisions, the path forward is often murky and unclear. Competing visions and reactions can cloud the leader’s vision for a way forward. The alternative to the murkiness is a filter that enables collaboration and usually yields a better plan of action and a strategy. Read More

The Introduction of a Sermon or Bible Lesson Is Important Too

Yesterday, I wrote about why we need to give more time to our conclusions when we’re preaching and teaching. Today, I want to talk about the importance of giving more attention to our introductions as well. In the past, I’ve written about how I’ve changed my introductions over the years – but I, too, need to continue to improve in this area. Here’s why an introduction matters.... Read More

What Good Does Prayer Do?

Here are a few things prayer does. Read More

5 Things That May Be Hindering Your Prayers

We’ve all been there. We pray. We wait. We wait. And then we wonder: “What did I do wrong?” Sometimes the problem isn’t on your end. It might just not be God’s timing or God’s will… But sometimes it is. Here are 5 things that can keep our prayers from getting through to God.... Read More

3 Ways to Help College Students Have a Pro-Life Voice on Campus

Stephen Johnson explains the need for a pro-life voice on campus and how we can help college students to be a pro-life voice. Read More

5 New Evangelism Options for Our Day

Though the message never changes, our methods must. Read More

Sean Feucht Aims for Azusa Street Revival Reboot; Homeless Advocates Worry

Christian musician Sean Feucht has plans to bring his outdoor “worship protest” tour to downtown Los Angeles on New Year’s Eve at a site near the local homeless community of Skid Row, according to his website. Read More
A failed political candidate, Sean Feucht's motivation appears to be to draw attention to himself. He held a so-called worship protest in Nashville at a time when the COVID-19 coronavirus was resurging in that city and Tennessee's rural counties were particularly hard hit by the virus. Few people who attended that gathering wore face masks or social distanced. It is reasonable to believe that a number of people who attended the gathering were infected with the virus and spread the virus to the gathering's other attendees. The virus infections in my county began surging not long after the gathering. Whether there was a link between the gathering and the surge of infections, I do not know. Circumstantial evidences suggests that there might have been. Feucht claims that he is seeking to bring about a revival. He overlooks one important thing: God brings about revivals, not men.

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