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What "Mainline" Does and Doesn’t Mean
June 28th, 201204:17 PM ETBy Marc Cortez Growing up in evangelical churches, I often heard about some other branch of Christianity called “mainline,” but I never really knew what that meant. I just knew that “mainline” meant “bad” for some reason. It was a little like the word “communist.” I didn’t really know anything about communism, but I heard the wor... -
When Fire Forces You From Home
June 28th, 201203:30 PM ETBy Jim Daly, President of Focus on the Family If you had only a few minutes to gather up a few select treasures of your life before fleeing a raging inferno, what would you take - and what would you leave behind? Families in Colorado Springs were faced with this very question this past Tuesday. In just a matter of minutes, a wildfire that had bee... -
8 Most Dangerous Leadership Traits
June 28th, 201212:41 PM ETBy Ron Edmondson There are no perfect leaders…except for Jesus. For the rest of us, we each have room for improvement. Most of us live with flaws in our leadership. Good leaders learn to surround themselves with people who can supplement their weaknesses. There are, however, some leadership traits, which a leader can never delegate away. If the... -
Reliance on Self or Reliance on Christ?
June 27th, 201210:23 AM ETBy Elisha Galotti (I wrote these words some time last week during the crazy Toronto heat wave. After writing them, I promptly hit 'save' but never got around to posting. Earlier today I read the blog post of another, who also found encouragement in the words of the Psalm 127, and it prompted me to tidy this up and post it. Such a beautiful and pow... -
Little Known History of Korean War
June 26th, 201201:16 PM ETBy Rev. Austin Miles Today marks the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War on June 25, 1950. There is some little-noticed history of that conflict. That was the time the army was desegregated for the first time. This made for real adjustment to many young men who had never had any personal or working relationship with blacks, plus sharin... -
Entertainment Bibles
June 25th, 201204:50 PM ETBy Russell E. Saltzman / First Things I must have been living under a rock. Here it is late June, The Voice appeared a whole month ago, and it wasn’t until last week that I heard anything about it. It is a new Bible, of course, from Thomas Nelson Publishing and the Ecclesia Bible Society, the latter an outgrowth of Ecclesia Church, Houston... -
Finding Purpose and Meaning in Life
June 25th, 201201:35 PM ETBy Dr. Jerry Rankin “Teach me your way, O Lord; I will walk in Your truth. Unite my heart to fear your name. I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will glorify your name forevermore” (Psalm 86:11-12). Continuing our focus on the fear of God, the Bible reveals that this is the key for knowing Godʼs will and finding purpo... -
Sandusky Rightfully Declared GUILTY!
June 25th, 201209:55 AM ETBy Rev. Austin Miles Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (6/22/12) Jerry Sandusky, a coach at Pennsylvania State University (PSU) who brought little boys into the football locker room of PSU, put them in the shower and raped them, was found guilty on 45 counts of child sexual abuse which will carry a sentence of more than life. Sandusky's bail was immediatel... -
Share the Gospel by Telling a Story
June 22nd, 201204:55 PM ETIf you can can tell a story, you should be able to share the Gospel. That is the idea behind The Gospel Project, a new curriculum for teaching and discipling church members. This week Ed Stetzer and Trevin Wax, two well known Christian bloggers in the Southern Baptist Convention, announced The Gospel Project with the following video. LifeWay Chri... -
Wallenda Out Tebows Tebow 180 Feet In The Air!
June 18th, 201211:50 AM ETBy Rev. Austin Miles Nik Wallenda, another celebrity who does not hide his faith in God, prayed aloud as he negotiated the wire stretched before him, giving thanks to God and Jesus as he made his dangerous but historic walk across Niagara Falls Friday evening. Nearing the finish line, his goal-posts being the Canadian side of the falls, he did a T... -
Not a Nation of Kings: Lessons from Watergate
June 17th, 201208:31 PM ETBy Ginny Dent Brant Watergate had such a lasting impact on our country that the “gate” suffix is now attached to all political scandals by the media. It is the best known scandal due to the number of men indicted and incarcerated. The scandal itself ignited impeachment proceedings which eventually led to the first resignation of a US president... -
Sandusky Case Tip of the Iceberg!
June 15th, 201201:07 PM ETBy Rev. Austin Miles As the sordid details of the homosexual child rape cases unfold involving Coach Jerry Sandusky at Pennsylvania State University, millions of victims re-live their own abuse horrors. There is no punishment too severe to be meted out to such offenders. And where was Sandusky's wife during all of this? Reason would dictate that ... -
The Apple of God's Eye
June 14th, 201210:13 PM ETBy Mark Altrogge But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage. “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. –Deuteronomy 32:9-10 What does God most delight in after himself? What brings him more pleasure than all the ... -
Doing Everyday Church When Your Community Is Spread
June 14th, 201208:49 PM ETBy Tim Chester Missional community life and everyday church requires a certain level of proximity. I’ve had a lot of questions on this issue, especially when I’ve been in the United States. Let’s take a church I spent some time with in New Jersey as an example. They have people living half an hour drive from the church building in one direct... -
Long Live THIS Queen
June 11th, 201212:45 PM ETBy Rev. Austin Miles Following my recent story, Churches Re-occupying Their Pulpits that show pastors re-examining their calling, Pittsburgh’s Helen Trautman sent me a very encouraging clip from the Washington Post headlined: “Public Prayer Stirs Culture War in Britain" (3/10/12). And the good news is, Queen Elizabeth is taking a st... -
No Fear of God
June 11th, 201212:10 PM ETBy Dr. Jerry Rankin “In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes” Judges 21:25 Most Christians have a sincere desire to live a godly life and follow Godʼs will, but consistently fail because their efforts are based on a legalistic approach of trying to do what is right and avoid what is wrong. We mu... -
The UnSexy Early Church
June 07th, 201210:36 PM ETBy Dan White Jr. There seems to be a wide spread feeling of romanticism in many of the minds of modern Christians that the early church was; firing on all cylinders, sharing everything in common, passing the love around to each other and totally committed to God. I recently heard a well known author say during his sermon “we need to get back to ... -
How To Lead Yourself Everyday!
June 07th, 201205:31 PM ETBy Dave Ferguson My good friend Bob Bouwer was having lunch with the campus pastor of COMMUNITY a couple weeks ago when he said, "Everyday at the top of my journal I write these three letters: E (emotional), P (physical) and S (spiritual) and then give myself a 1-10 rating." He went on to explain how this daily routine of rigorous self-evalua... -
Churches Re-occupying Their Pulpits
June 05th, 201205:10 PM ETThe church long ago abdicated its moral authority when it became one with the world and declared that there are 'many ways (other than Christ) to heaven.' Pastoral misconduct may have prompted this idea. With that, the church began a rapidly increasing downhill plunge as a soft Christianity was installed that required no character or effort, with ... -
Discipleship: More than Information
June 05th, 201204:41 PM ETBy Eric Geiger Many churches equate discipleship with knowledge. Churches who view discipleship as information transfer seek to stuff as much information about the Bible into as many people as quickly as they possibly can. I realize this sounds noble, but the essence of discipleship is transformational not informational. Jesus did not merely ask ... -
How My Personal Prayer Team Is Structured
June 05th, 201204:17 PM ETBy Ron Edmondson This week I tweeted, “Meeting with my personal prayer team. I’m confident I’ve underestimated their influence in my ministry. Every pastor should have one.” I received numerous replies asking me questions about the specifics of who this group is, what they do, how often we meet, etc. I thought it as worthy of a post. ...
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