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These Bible verses will help your New Year of new beginnings, fresh hope and big dreams.

A church leader was venting. “We have so many immature members. And the problem is, they want to stay that way!”

A growing number of adolescents are going untreated for major depression nationwide over the past several years, warranting enhanced educational,...

The Bible is relevant to all peoples, all cultures, all ages…and it is relevant on its own accord.

This is the time to recap the year that was. But how do you really get a 12-month snapshot of a culture’s zeitgeist? I would argue for two words:...

I’m sick at heart over the seemingly endless reports of children being abused by a volunteer at a church. The most recent? At least 14 young...

Our glory faded long ago.

Most people have seen one or more versions of Charles Dickens’ "A Christmas Carol." When you study the era itself that Dickens wrote about...

Hope. In every situation. In every circumstance. All because of a little baby born one Christmas morning.

What is the most important thing you can do this Christmas? There’s a long list to consider, to be sure. For many years, I’ve felt that the...

When God is finished with us, we will be like Jesus.

Whenever I read the Christmas story, especially Jesus' mother's response upon learning she'd soon concieve, I'm challenged and convicted. I fear,...

The fact that the most “Christianized” places in this country are also among the loneliest should be alarming to us of just how far we have drifted...

As we enter the Christmas season, I am reminded anew of how critical this is. At Meck, we are simultaneously challenging ourselves to give...