By Karl Vaters This article originally appeared on Christianity Today. Many types of churches fulfill the Great Commission without seeing their own numerical growth. “If a church stays small, they must be doing something wrong. It can’t possibly be healthy.” This has been an underlying assumption of many in the church growth movement. (Although it’s […]
David Platt: International Mission Board overspent $210 million over last 6 years. By: Bob Smietana http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2015/august-web-only/southern-baptists-will-cut-800-missionaries-imb-david-platt.html August 25, 2015. Two months after promoting plans to send out “limitless” numbers of missionaries, the International Mission Board (IMB) of the Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) faces a financial crisis. IMB president David Platt announced Thursday that the agency needs to cut at […]
http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2015/august/life-is-eternal-dont-have-affair.html By Ed Stetzer Aug. 25, 2015. This week, we’ve found it’s not as simple as AshleyMadison.com would like its (former) users to think. “Life is short. Have an affair.” So they say. Get caught. Lose your reputation. Lose your spouse. So they omit. I’ve been told that pastors I know, people in my neighborhood, […]
Devolution Not Evolution — Lesson Three of Three Lessons The cross of Jesus Christ is the supreme example of how bad man’s sinful condition really is, because it took the Lord’s death by crucifixion to fix our problem. The cross of Jesus Christ is also the ultimate example of God’s love. Jesus loved us so […]
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/08/07/us-mideast-crisis-christians-idUSKCN0QC0ST20150807 BEIRUT (Reuters August 7, 2015) – Islamic State militants have captured dozens of Christian families after seizing a strategically located town in the central Syrian province of Homs, a monitor said on Friday. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least 230 people were kidnapped or detained, including dozens of Christians, some […]
by Amanda Casanova http://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/thousands-turn-from-islam-to-embrace-christianity.html As the Islamic State tries to overrun Syria and Iraq, thousands are reportedly turning away from the extremist values and finding Jesus. “I was a devote Muslim and often preached, but there was something missing. There was something empty about Allah and the Quran. Jesus appeared to me in a dream […]
Lesson Two of Three Lessons By Frank G. Tunstall The cross of Jesus Christ is the supreme illustration of how bad man’s sinful condition really is, because it took the Lord’s death by crucifixion to redeem all who repent and acknowledge Jesus as the Son of God. The cross of Jesus Christ is also the ultimate […]
Does Your Pastor Get a preaching Break During the Summer? By: Josh Reich Sermon Central.Com, July 7, 2015. I am coming off of my summer preaching break at Revolution. When we started the church five years ago, I preached almost 100 times in the first two years. While it seemed necessary at the time, it […]
I remember one time years ago when our area had a garbage strike. (It’s not a great memory!) The garbage piled up in our garage while the sanitation folks figured out their deal, and it took a while. And it took awhile to get the smell out of our garage. Now, I know how nasty […]
By Frank G. Tunstall The cross of Jesus Christ is the supreme example of how bad man’s sinful condition really is, because it took the Lord’s death by crucifixion to provide our salvation. The cross of Jesus Christ is also the ultimate example of God’s love, because He loved the world so much He was […]