What is our fallen world’s greatest manifestation of evil? Is it a school shooter pathologically pulling a trigger while aiming at defenseless, innocent students as we’ve just witnessed in Parkland, Florida, and in way-too-many other schools? Is it a ruthless dictator acting out his personal ethnic or … [Read more...]
Faith Basics: Now Revised!
Job’s High Compliment: A Spiritual Formation Goal
The book of Job. It’s the movie moment of the Bible that goes something like this: “Well, if you’re reading this, something must have gone wrong.” A friend of mine who used to own a car dealership said to me just before the 2008 recession, “You know it’s bad when a car dealer is reading Job.” It was bad and got worse, as … [Read more...]
Small-Group Ministry Best (and Needed!) Practices for 2018
The New Testament is jam-packed with instructions to bodies of believers—churches—on how to live the gospel faith in a world that is not conducive to the gospel message. These instructions are easy to apply to today’s church setting. But consider this: The New Testament era church thrived on the trust and fellowship of small … [Read more...]
Putting the NEW in New Creation
Abolition minister Henry Ward Beecher is quoted as saying: Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. It makes complete sense, too, that the most popular image used to depict the new year is a baby. Perhaps you can use this new year as an opportunity to explore with your … [Read more...]
The Holy Wow
Holy Wow. It can be elusive and hard to define. But you know it when you see it. Or feel it. Or touch it. It’s those “wow” moments in Scripture that bring pause, when Truth reaches past your protective shell and grabs your heart, leaving you better in any number of ways: more resolute, courageous, awakened, convicted, … [Read more...]
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