Mar 8, 2023 | Perspectives
Researchers agree the American Church is shrinking rapidly. People are leaving the church in droves. There are few exceptions to this cultural phenomenon impacting every aspect of the Christian life. The tsunami of change is decimating institutions, including...
Mar 8, 2023 | Inspiration
In 1977 I began working with alcoholics, drug addicts and those with psychiatric problems. Being a Christ follower in secular settings with worldly theories and practices was not easy. In 1988 I founded NewLife Treatment Centers and we operated 32 Christian NewLife...
Mar 3, 2023 | Refreshment
I was what you might call a liquid nitrogen convert to Christianity. If you have ever bumped into anyone who has “seen the light,” you know what I am talking about—very excited, very passionate, tons of energy, and fully committed at the start. That was me—all jacked...
Mar 2, 2023 | Current Events
Pastors, If you’re listening to the mainstream media and their negative news, you’d never know that churches across America are growing at such an encouraging rate. Unless… …You noticed the parking lots on the way to your own church — they’re packed! (Even...
Feb 28, 2023 | Church Matters
Even though religious entities are exempt from ADA rules, you want your church to be inclusive to all individuals. Making your church accessible to seniors may be a costly investment upfront, but it will be well worth it to the elderly members of your congregation. We...
Feb 24, 2023 | Perspectives
Infallibility. Does the word feel dense and tired and kind of irrelevant to you, like a library book that’s sat on the shelf too long? It does to me. But it speaks of that which cannot fail us. Literally, it means “the inability to fail.” It speaks of that which can...
Feb 21, 2023 | Perspectives
One of the mightiest heroes of Ancient Greece was the famed Achilles. According to legend his mother, Thetis, held him by his heel and dipped him into the river Styx in an attempt to make him invincible. Unfortunately for Achilles, the heel by which his mother held...
Feb 17, 2023 | Leadership
Recently I was in Quebec, ministering among French Canadian baptists. I was stunned to learn that in a denomination of roughly 100 churches, almost three dozen are without a pastor. What a different context than many of us are familiar with! In a place where the...
Feb 16, 2023 | Church Matters, Current Events, Editor's Pick
“As revival closes in on the one-week mark at Asbury University, reports are circulating of other colleges and universities where revival fires have ignited. As of Tuesday, groups of students from at least 22 higher education institutions…” Read the...
