As we recognize April as National Child Abuse Prevention Month, may we as followers of Jesus choose to shine brightly in a world that desperately needs His light. (Matthew 5:16)
How do you know when it is time to leave one ministry assignment for another?
While my guess is as good as anyone else’s, the relationship is likely to continue largely unchanged, but not without some tension along the way. Governance and sexuality are recurring sources of the tension.
It had never occurred to many of them that marriage was a temporary arrangement and singleness before God is the eternal reality for resurrection people.
The greatest danger facing today’s church is not persecution, political pressure or cultural hostility. It is something far more subtle — and far more familiar.
Here’s the reality: Christian media isn’t fading — it’s becoming essential.
We will be celebrating Easter this coming Sunday. Today, I want offer suggestions for living in resurrection power each day, however.
Of the approximately 3,600 IMB missionaries on the mission field worldwide, only 30 are African American.
While doing some spring cleaning, I discovered in the bottom of a drawer, a church pictorial directory which was about 6-year old. Glancing through it, I noticed that many once active families had dropped out and no longer attended. I began to wonder what would cause such a spiritual decline.
Pastor, let me say this gently. Some of the numbers you’re celebrating may not mean what you think they mean.
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