“My point is this: One of the best ways to develop your prayer life is to be attentive to the changes and growth that are occurring in your life as a result of prayer. The more you grow, the more you ...
Only a Cobbler William Carey, sometimes called "the father of modern missions," always seemed to have a humble spirit. In young manhood he had a job repairing shoes. As the years went by, honors we...
10. "Look! Let's stop that car and ask those folks how we can become Christians." 9. "Don't worry, Billy, those people are Christians - they must have a good reason for driving 90 miles an hour." 8. "...
"It is, perhaps, an overbold beginning, but I will venture to say that with its preaching, Christianity stands or falls." – P.T. Forsyth...
Joe McKeever
Listen as the congregation files out of the sanctuary on Sunday, and you'll hear the common refrain: "I didn't get anything out of ___ [fill-in-the-blank] ___."...
Studies have shown that many pastors and church staff are burning out. The current state is taking its toll....
Many Christian women today view the sermon—the proclamation of the gospel—as the centerpiece of the worship experience. They yearn for the serious pastor to stand with integrity in the pulpit, open hi...
Jared C. Wilson
“We believe” the creed has us say, and this belief begins where the gospel story and our worship ought to begin, with the one who has no beginning (or end): God himself. ...
Biblical repentance reestablishes credibility with the world and fellowship with the Lord. The seven "what's" of 2 Corinthians 7:11 are seven marks of godly sorrow: (1) Earnestness to do right. (2) Ea...
The late Harvard mathematician and philosopher, Alfred North Whitehead, maintained that the whole scientific enterprise of the western world rested upon the belief that at the bottom of things science...
In his book Primal, Mark Batterson shares this story: “In 1801, Sir David Brewster was awarded an honorary master of arts degree from the University of Edinburgh and was ordained to preach. His first ...
A Denver newspaper recently reported that a 26-year-old man was stabbed to death when he put on a bullet-proof vest and his uncle plunged a knife into his chest to test the body armor. The protective ...
God inhabits the praise of His people, which a a truth that becomes all the more clear the more you offer praise....
French scientists have succeeded in causing chickens to sound like quail. Nancy Ross-Flannigan, writing for the Detroit Free Press, reports that researchers took tissue from parts of the Japan...
What first appears to be a curse God can turn into a manifold blessing....
A cartoon in a national magazine recently showed a couple standing before a minister during their wedding. The minister, looking at the bride, said, "The correct response is 'I do' - not 'It's worth a...
In his book The Prophets, Norman Podhoretz points out that idolatry is not so much to "go after other gods" as to make a god of oneself. The "worshippers of idols . . . were bowing down to the work of...