Design for a Healthy Church, and the Four Legs of Outreach
When assessing the health of the local church, let's ask the right questions.
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Split the Baby!
My challenge to us all during this wonderful, Christmas holiday is to keep ourselves "prayed up" and be alert for Satan's attacks on our witness and our faith. And don't lose your mind and your witness all at the same time.
Restoring God's Blueprint for Marriage: for better or for worse...
We are living in fickle times where fidelity in the broad sense of the word is no longer viewed as the essential component of marriage.
How to win the war on Christmas
In recent years, we have heard a great deal of complaints about a "War on Christmas," provoked by the efforts of ardent secularists to eliminate such things as the greeting "Merry Christmas" and the public display of government-funded or even privately-funded Christmas exhibits. Mainstream media ...
Do bad children go to Hell?
When I first became a father, I found myself facing a question that most Christian parents must confront at one time or another: when is my child responsible to make her own decision to follow Jesus? Were thirteen-year-olds in danger of going to Hell? And what about a three-year-old? What was the ...
Thank God for You
As I go about my day, preparing the turkey and the table, hugging family and laughing at dad jokes, cheering on the Cowboys and saying grace over our meal, know that you are on my mind, in my heart, and in my prayers. Thank God for you.
Thanksgiving: The primary worship response
In 1863 President Abraham Lincoln established an annual national holiday of Thanksgiving to be observed on the last Thursday in November. Most of us look forward to this holiday, a day on which we eat good food, enjoy time with family and friends, and perhaps watch some football. And we will ...
A Thanksgiving perspective
This week, millions in the Western world will celebrate an American holiday in the name of thankfulness. This treasured tradition was birthed in the application of spiritual disciplines such as fasting, prayer, and thanksgiving. In 1621, when the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, they were grateful ...
The urgency of real Thanksgiving
In an age of complaint, accusation, protest, grievance-laden lamentation, and non-stop grumbling, we must whistle a "time out!" and come aside for real Thanksgiving.
The true origins of Thanksgiving
Tomorrow we celebrate what I sincerely regard as one of our most Christian holidays: Thanksgiving. The Puritans were a group of zealous, committed Christians who sought to make the church what the Bible said it should be; and they gave us Thanksgiving.
In apologetics, the ability to debate is good, but the ability to listen is better
I think that the ability to debate is important for apologetics. But I now believe that it is superseded by another skill: the ability to listen.
WednesdayDecember 25, 2024
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