We are facing a global medical crisis as the Coronavirus (COVID-19) has spread from country to country and caused widespread concern. Our governor has declared a state of emergency and issued a series of guidelines to help slow the spread of the virus. This is certainly not the first time that the church has encountered such circumstances. And … [Read more...]
Be of Some Good
What is the nature of your relationship to the local church? Are you a member? Are you a contributor? Are you an attender? Are you a consumer? Unfortunately, many professing believers merely consider whether the church is meeting their needs rather than considering whether they are meeting the needs of others. The “nones” are a statistical … [Read more...]
Return to Ground Zero
Today is Pentecost Sunday—the birthday of the church. Forty-nine days after the resurrection of Jesus, God poured out his Spirit on those followers of Jesus (Acts 2). In an extraordinary and undeniable way, God affirmed that he was doing something new. He was calling out a people for his name (1 Peter 2:9). What does this event teach us about the … [Read more...]
The Church’s True Situation
It is easy for followers of Jesus in our day to be unsettled by the advances of a secular culture. Our freedoms are eroding. We find those who hold to a biblical standard of marriage and sexuality are portrayed as oppressive bigots. But when we are tempted to be depressed or defensive, we should remember what Jesus said about the true situation of … [Read more...]
A Hard Message to a Soft Church
The book of Revelation contains seven letters that Jesus directed to seven local, first-century churches. Reading these letters forces us to soberly consider what Jesus would say to us and how he would evaluate the churches that we attend. Each of these seven letters involves a call to “overcome” or to “be victorious” (Revelation 2:7, 11, 17; … [Read more...]
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