Three Ways to Wait
Most of us hate the word wait. It’s a four-letter word that stirs up all sorts of negative emotions. Waiting ranks right up there with a root canal. Necessary, perhaps, but not at all fun. And waiting is often a hope-killer.
Category: Articles
Marriage in an iWorld: Restoring God’s Design for Marriage
God’s design for marriage is at risk: A recent Pew Research study showed that while most Millennials want a loving, lasting relationship like pictured in the movies, only 26 percent—a number less than any other group in known history—are pursuing it through marriage.
Finding Hope in Destruction
On this side of Heaven so far away, we may be tempted to envision our Homeland in black and white. But the Apostle John would tell us different—and he’s been there! There is nothing at all dull, drab or lackluster about Heaven!
“Manage Up”—A Guide for Baby Boomers With Younger Pastors
You aren’t being mean-spirited, it’s just that getting straight to the point is so much more efficient, right? No so fast: Let me share my firsthand experiences about what it means to “manage up.”
10 Signs That Point to Whose Kingdom You Are Building
This book excerpt is from “You Misspelled Christian: How to Bring Heaven to Your Current Circumstances,” by Rob Shepherd
Free eBook: 5 Essential Ideas for Every Church Planter
The team at Portable Church Industries and some of their closest partners have put together an ebook, “Five Essential Ideas for Every Church Planter.”
Church Planting Starts With “Cross Bearing Discipleship”
Any version of the Christian life that fails to insist on this aspect of discipleship is based on a diluted gospel. Part of lack of attention to cross bearing discipleship is due to a distorted understandings of its meaning.
Start Your Podcast for Under $100
So, you want to produce your own podcast. It’s pretty easy, actually: Sit down at your laptop, open up an audio application (for example Garage Band, which comes free with every Mac), and start talking.
Lead Well, Pray Well
I see this in my own life when it comes to my marriage, family, work or anything I’m in charge of, the more I consider these things in prayer and declare my dependence on God in prayer, the better leader I am for those things. A praying leader builds a prayerful community.
EVERYTHING You Need to Know About Church Microphones
The microphone is the “ear” that captures the sound, and everything else that happens downstream—preamp, equalization, compression, and effects—can only manipulate the raw material provided by the mic.
