Sanctify Your Achilles’ Heel

Sanctify Your Achilles’ Heel

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...
The Gift of Pastoral Leadership

The Gift of Pastoral 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...
What is Intercultural Evangelism?

What is Intercultural Evangelism?

Sadhu Sundar Singh, a beloved Christian from India, told a story of a high-caste man in India who collapsed from heat exhaustion while waiting on a railway station platform. He explained, someone ran to the faucet, filled a cup with water, and brought it to the man in...

Daybreak Devotions – Pulled

“Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done.” Philippians 4:6 NLT The Greek word for “worry” in this passage literally means, “to be pulled in different directions.” It’s a rather...
Daybreak Devotions – Courage

Daybreak Devotions – Courage

“The Lord is with me: I will not be afraid . . . The is Lord is with me; He is my helper.” (Psalm 118:6a, 7a NIV) Courage isn’t the absence of fear. It’s feeling the fear and forging ahead anyway. It’s doing what needs to be done despite trepidation. Courage is...