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As we anticipate the challenges and opportunities of 2017, I want to repost an open letter that focuses on the most important realities in the...

There are two primary ways in the Bible that God communicates with people: He asks questions and he tells stories.

Church members sometimes wonder if they should just leave evangelism to the “professionals.” After all, isn’t evangelism a spiritual gift?

We make resolutions because we want to bring change to bear on our circumstances. We want to improve ourselves and our quality of life. And the top...

Many churches, finding that Christmas falls on a Sunday this year, are choosing to scale back their services or even cancel them in light of the...

Nothing is more important than that you keep yourself close to the Lord.

Out of chaos, Christ came. In spite of, and out of, the pandemonium, Christ came.

Gluttony: 5 reasons why pastors don't preach on it, and 3 why they should (particularly at Christmas)...

If I were to ask you to tell me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word “evangelist”, what would it be?

Most likely, many of us will be spending time with relatives of various spiritual persuasions over the Christmas holiday.

There is little disagreement among Christians that women can and should teach women

Disciples of Jesus Christ must never try to calculate the cost/benefit of some act of ministry. Our assignment is to obey. To be faithful.

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The Church as well as Christian counselors can learn three crucial lessons from the NFL.

To say, “You’re a heretic" is a powerful claim, one with the ability to destroy. And like all weapons of mass destruction, it should be used with...

When people go to church, and do so year after year through the good and the bad, it is not unrealistic for them to expect a few basic things.