What’s More Important: Spiritual Introspection or Spiritual Community? A Vibrant Spiritual Faith Looks Inward and Shares Outward I have a Sunday morning routine. This gives me structure to how I start my day, and it provides me with the best...
Rebuilt: Awakening the Faithful, Reaching the Lost, and Making Church Matter By Michael White and Tom Corcoran Reviewed by Peter DeHaan Are things not working at your church? Is your congregation aging and attendance dwindling? Are people just...
In Whose Name Do You Pray? When You Pray, Whose Name Do You Invoke? This isn’t a trick question or a pluralistic way to approach the god of your choice. This is a simple question. When you pray to the God who is revealed in the Bible, whose...
God Tells Abraham He Will Make Him into a Great Nation God Makes a Similar Promise to Moses In the book of Genesis, we meet Abraham. God takes a special interest in Abraham and gives him a bold promise. He pledges to make Abraham “into a great...
3 Keys to Successful Church Involvement Don’t Go to Church with a Passive Perspective: Be Engaged on Sunday Morning As a teenager, I often complained to my parents, “but I don’t get anything out of church.” Though they tried to reason with me...
Pursuing a Balanced Trinitarian Faith There is an amazing little booklet, sporting a tongue-twister of a title. It is The Threefold Art of Experiencing God: The Liberating Power of a Trinitarian Faith by Christian A. Schwarz. In a stellar example...
God Is Slow to Anger and It Only Lasts for a Moment God Loves Us and His Favor Lasts a Lifetime The book of Psalms gives us glimpses into God’s character and his love for us. Though some people view God, as portrayed in the Old Testament, as...
The Bible Presents Us with a Narrative to Inform Our Lives Reading the Bible as narrative frees us to experience God in a fuller, deeper way Continuing in our series of why I love the Bible, we’re on reason number twelve. I often say that I read...
Do You Want More From Life? Seeking a Spiritual More I’m not talking about more money, power, or prestige. I’m not even talking about more love or respect. I’m certainly not talking about the latest gadgets, a new car, a nicer home, tastier food...
When Asked about Salvation, Jesus Said, “Follow Me” When people talked to Jesus, the discussion was often about the same thing, whether broached with the phrase “kingdom of God,” “kingdom of heaven,” “eternal life,” “salvation,”...
