Post tagged with christian

  • A Shadow in the Noon Day

    October 11th, 201109:39 PM ET
    By Dale Garris
    "Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; betray not him that wandereth." (Isaiah 16:3) There comes a time when you are called to make a stand against things that are wrong, and answer the call to fight against the oppression of the weak and innocent. God calls us to first take c...

  • Birthplace of the 1970 Revival in Africa

    August 01st, 201101:12 PM ET
    By Dale Garris
    The Birthplace of 1970 Revival in Africa “And Elijah said unto Ahab, Get thee up, eat and drink; for there is a sound of abundance of rain.” 1Kings 18:41 On our way to our last series of services in Rwanda, we drove past the place where the 1970 revival first broke out in a little round building just off the highway.  It was small and ...

  • God Ain't Fair

    June 13th, 201103:00 AM ET
    By Dale Garris
    What happens when bad things happen to good people? Is God not fair who watches over us? We all want to believe in a fairy-tale existence where life is at least fair if not blessed. We hold on to our Christianity and find an equilibrium in our lives where we are comfortable with our faith in God and expect that all things will work to good for th...

  • Down to Hot Ashes

    March 15th, 201105:09 AM ET
    By Dale Garris
         "Command Aaron and his sons, saying, This is the law of the burnt offering: It is the burnt offering, because of the burning upon the altar all night unto the morning, and the fire of the altar shall be burning in it.       And the priest shall put on his linen garment, and his linen breeches sha...

  • Soroti, Uganda

    March 14th, 201107:04 AM ET
    By Dale Garris
    Okay, I'm telling you ahead of time, that's it's going to be hard to believe all this stuff – I hardly believe it myself and I was the guy that was there. I have been in northern Uganda for the past two weeks. A week in Tororo, and a week in the bush 50 km outside of Sororti. Last week was good, but not supernatural. If all I am coming here to...

  • Thoughts on Advent (and Christmas)

    December 07th, 201005:28 PM ET
    By Jeff Goins
    We evangelicals don't do a very good job of celebrating Advent, something many mainline denominations and the Catholics have been doing for quite some time now. But recently, I've fallen more in love with the liturgical calendar. I've come to relish the importance of the seasons of Advent and Lent and the symbolism they represent. I love that they...

  • Is Christianity About Going to Heaven?

    October 13th, 201011:05 PM ET
    By Jeff Goins
    Lately, I've been hearing people talk a lot about Christianity in terms of dying and going to heaven. It's especially prevalent from the evangelical pulpit. You hear things like, "When we go to heaven..." or "In heaven..." -- phrases that are usually followed by some great human conflict resolved. But I'm struggling with this paradigm. I fail to s...

  • Magic Words

    August 04th, 201012:48 PM ET
    By Dale Garris
    “Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all, (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the d...

  • PRAYER ALERT! PROTECT OUR NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER

    August 04th, 201011:19 AM ET
    By Deborah J. Dewart
    Click here to browse online your FREE Customer Review Copy!! Atheists across America are busy these days, attacking religion in the public square. Michael Newdow has challenged the words “under God” in our Pledge of Allegiance and the tradition of prayer at the Presidential Inauguration. So far he has not succeeded, but the battle rages.T...

  • Jesus and the Good News about Suffering

    June 18th, 201009:56 AM ET
    By Jeff Goins
    It's about time that we in America were a little more honest -- about life and about our spirituality. Let's face it: life is hard. There are lay-offs and kids with runny noses and sleepless nights and stupid bosses. This should be no surprise to you that times can be tough. No, that's not to say that every day is an insurmountable challenge to o...
Page 1 of 2 PREVIOUS 1 2 NEXT
Advertisement
About this blog
An ongoing discussion on the current state of the Church in America, how it got there, and where it is going. This blog will tackle tough issues for the Church in uncompromising terms while continuing to meet the challenges posed by a widening body of unbelievers.