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<p>Can a message of God's power coexist in harmony with testimonies to human achievement? Some might argue that the medium is the message, and so when the BIble is dressed up in modern technology, we're in danger of substituting style for substance.</p>
<p>When churches hire staff to perform even the most basic duties of the church, they eliminate the need for church members to lift a finger in the operations of the church. As that church grows, more and more of the basic operations of the church will be outsourced rather than placed on the shoulders of the congregation. Not only has the church outsourced the work, it has also outsourced the opportunity for sanctification within the body of believers.</p>
<p>As Christians, we know there is no problem in this life too big for the Lord to solve or salve, yet how quickly we can forget this truth when faced with a test of our faith.</p>
<p>Garrison Keillor, writer, comedian and fixture on National Public Radio, famously described his fictional Lake Wobegon as a place where every child was "above average."</p>
Let us begin by expanding on what we wrote in our article on Halloween. In Col 2:16-17, Paul tells the believers in Colossae they should let no one be their "judge" concerning festivals. The word for judge in the Greek is krino, which in this c...
But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He has prepared a city for them. ...
<p>Years ago I was asked to pastor a small church. At the time, the suggestion caught me off guard. I never planned to be a pastor, and I lacked formal training. After some thought and prayer, I agreed to answer the call, because I wanted to serve the Lord any way He desired.</p>
Unfortunately, we are not experts in Puritan writing, but this is just as well, since Christians are not to search for the truth of our faith in the writings of other men, even other Christian men. Rather, we find such truth in the pages of script...
Last Sunday Christians remembered the resurrection of our Lord, and I hope your Easter Sunday celebration was a joyful reminder of the importance of Christ's death and His sacrifice as our Passover Lamb. In my Easter Sunday message, I taught on t...
God often does His best work in us by pulling the rug out from under us, theologically speaking. Just when we begin to feel secure and confident standing on our preconceived ideas about God and His program, the Lord will bring us someone or someth...