Have you recently graduated? Are you facing the transition of moving away from home and beginning a life of your own? Andrew Dragos offers some solid tips for new graduates on how to make that transition successfully.
Do we want our children growing up learning about sex from culture, or from the church? In today’s article, Kensi Duszynski makes a compelling case for playing an active role in the sexual education of children and teenagers in the church, and promises to follow up with 7 positive messages about sex that kids need to hear.
What might a feminine approach to holiness look like? In today’s article, Sharon Drury explains how women can be tempted to find their identity completely in others instead of God, and this poses as big of a problem to consecration and holiness as do masculine proclivities.
Should we have kids programs at church? How about special programs for youth? In today’s interview, Catherine Stonehouse discusses the possible negative side effects on the church’s health and spirituality.
I hear sermons. I read books. My knowledge grows and grows among the faithful until I know more about you than ever before. But I fail to notice that you are walking with me, that you have been not only trying to teach me but to have a relationship with me. I miss you after Easter, Lord.
Spring is the opportune time to prayerfully reflect on your journey through seminary. If it’s your first year, do any of the following resonate with you? In today’s post, Ty Konopinksi shares 4 signs that you will fail seminary, even if you pull off a great GPA.
According to one of the most recent national surveys, 74% of Americans believe in God. That may be good news…until you ask two important questions. First, why did only 74% believe in God when 82% did the year before? Second, and perhaps more relevant, what exactly is it that 74% of Americans believe about God? In today’s post, David R. Smith explains how what you believe will show in your life.
Is there such a thing as a Christian who isn’t a disciple? Why is Christianity without disciples so enticing? In today’s article, Denny Heiberg shares his heart for discipleship from his many years as a pastor and missionary, and offers reflective questions for how we might move past nondiscipleship faith.
Rather than merely taking a temporary respite from some minor personal pleasure, perhaps we should see this Lenten season as an opportunity to commence a “perpetual fast” from “inferior appetites,” such as food that we know to be destructive of our health. At a minimum, might we not be able to identify one or two things that we know to be harmful to our health, and in the spirit of the solemnity of Lent begin the process of removing them from our lives altogether?
Medical personnel and fitness experts have determined that certain values are crucial to continuing health, or improving health (x number of steps per day, certain heart rate to burn fat/calories, certain number of hours of sleep per night, and so forth). The thinking is that if we track it, then we build better health habits and make better health choices. Why don’t we do this with our faith?
The invitation to remember the pain only for the sake of remembering is not the purpose. The purpose is to remember the Lord’s faithfulness amidst the pain. His consistency. His love—before, during, and after. It is for healing. And hope. And redemption.
In today’s article, pastor of discipleship Eric George shares 4 essential rhythms that make up part of their discipleship small groups at the Orchard church in Tupelo, MS. Read more about the significance of prayer, questions, missional-engagement, and teaching.
