It is interesting to see how power is a commodity that is very valuable in a church body. Everybody wants it, but very few know how to use it to leverage the mission of God within a given community. Instead, th...
Have you ever felt as if you were spinning your wheels? Do you feel as if you are just going through the motions of life and not getting anywhere? I have been there many times. One main reason we feel that way ...
This past election year was really heated. Did you follow the debates? It seemed as if every candidate promised to make things better. The overarching theme throughout the election season was an air of change a...
Honor is one of those words many use but few try to define. You see it carved on public buildings or on your local war memorial. You can read about it in books and hear it used in everything from speeches to co...
Many Christians believe that as they are better able to discipline themselves, God's grace becomes available to them. Actually, the opposite is true. It is God's grace that gives us the ability to discipline ou...
The mission strategy used by early protestant missionaries had four basic forms.Adaptation: The gospel message was adapted to fit the local culture.Civilizing: Trying to change the local culture into the missio...
What does it mean to be fully alive? What does God want to communicate from the cross? Living Life at the Point of Impact…If you think about what this title could mean, we can see we must live life right ...
My consequences as a former adulterer and addict were severe and nearly cost me my life. For example, I didn't care that a condom slipped off with a street prostitute when I was 17...or when a cop fo...
"For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for Me and for the gospel will save it" (Mark 8:35).Have you ever watched the game show "Let's Make a Deal"? This show took on ne...