Spiritual short-circuits must be repaired appropriately to avoid further, irriversible damage....
How does one approach the final sermons in a church before resignation? After having to deal with this challenge a few times, let me make a few observations. ...
Santa Claus, sleigh bells, reindeer. Snow falling, icicles forming, Christmas music playing. Christmas lights, Christmas trees, Christmas presents. Shopping, planning, cooking, eating, visiting with f...
Charles Swindoll wrote, "Who really cared? His was a routine admission to busy Bellevue Hospital. A charity case, one among hundreds. A drunken bum from the Bowery with a slashed throat. The Bowery … ...
The greatest talents are those who keep trying despite rejection and apparent failure until they do succeed....
This is an illustration from the movie Big Fish, courtesy of MovieMinistry.com: The Big Idea: Knowing the future makes you fearless. Scene Setup: Early in his life, Edward believed that he had seen ho...
House Church. For pastors, the mere term once conjured up images of angry men and women gathered around a kitchen table, condemning the mistakes and failures of the traditional church they had left f...
What exactly is Marriage? "Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don't have to give her back to her parents." (Eric, 6) "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to th...
WHAT EXACTLY IS MARRIAGE? "Marriage is when you get to keep your girl and don't have to give her back to her parents." (Eric, 6) "When somebody's been dating for a while, the boy might propose to the ...
I thought I was the first to discover this technique of dealing with controversial issues from the pulpit. But it turns out this little find of mine has been unearthed many times in the past....
What does evangelistic preaching sound/look/feel like? Here are eight characteristics....
Survey expert George Barna reviewed more than a dozen national surveys related to matters of faith conducted by the Barna Research Group during 2000 and devised three lists of faith-related survey res...
The victory over worldliness cannot be won by conforming to a list of rules. The battle is won through the power of the gospel applied to our daily choices....