Church Leaders Update Archives

Before we can identify which languages Jesus spoke, we need to know what languages were spoken in first-century Palestine.

One of the ironies of our present moment is that our lives are filled with time-saving devices, yet we find ourselves with less and less time and...

And if there’s any good news to be drawn from Solomon’s story, it’s that. Our gifts, whatever they are, are just that—gifts.

Above all, the greatest gift that Christ gives in his ascension is the Spirit himself.

When you consider the wide agreement among biblical scholars about who wrote every other book of the New Testament, it’s a little mysterious that...

The deepest cry of your heart should be that God would save the unregenerate teens you know. Pray for authentic, total heart transformation.

The habits we instill in our children as they’re growing up become a true part of their identity.

It’s almost considered conventional wisdom – the more educated you are, the less likely you are to believe in God or hold strongly to a particular...

According to Paul, a Christian is someone who does six things: (1) treasures Christ, (2) devalues everything else, (3) puts faith in Christ alone,...

It is incredibly difficult when someone chooses the world over Christ, something that is unfathomable to many of us.

Matthew 25 is about social justice in the sense that it is about caring for the needy. But the needy in view are fellow Christians, especially...

Over the years I’ve seen that one of the most powerful moments in a new believer’s life is the realization that there is such a thing as a false...

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the only way to life—counterfeit messiahs fall short.

This is the most basic reason. The Bible is ripe with commands to sing to the Lord. To do so privately and corporately.

It can be hard to relate to teenagers today and their ever-present technology. But beneath all that—wow! There is such caring, hope and grace.