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http://www.christianitytoday.com/edstetzer/2015/august/life-is-eternal-dont-have-affair.html By Ed Stetzer Aug. 25, 2015. This week, we’ve found it’s not as simple as AshleyMadison.com would like its (former) users to think. “Life is short. Have an affair.” So they say. Get caught. Lose your reputation. Lose your spouse. So they omit. I’ve been told that pastors I know, people in my neighborhood, […]
Does Your Pastor Get a preaching Break During the Summer? By: Josh Reich Sermon Central.Com, July 7, 2015. I am coming off of my summer preaching break at Revolution. When we started the church five years ago, I preached almost 100 times in the first two years. While it seemed necessary at the time, it […]
I remember one time years ago when our area had a garbage strike. (It’s not a great memory!) The garbage piled up in our garage while the sanitation folks figured out their deal, and it took a while. And it took awhile to get the smell out of our garage. Now, I know how nasty […]
I have not seen anyone in the national media who is speaking or writing about this, but there is a Marxist connection to the Same-Sex Marriage movement. You will want to read Anne Hendershott’s article! Dr. Hendershott begins: While most commentators credit the sexual revolution and the Stonewall uprising of 1969 as the “beginning” of […]
By: Ben Gosden The flip side of the “bigger is always better” way of viewing our churches is the reality that the vast majority of churches in America (and even around the world) are, in fact, small. Historically this has also been the case. Go back and read Paul’s letters to various churches. They weren’t […]
By Ed Stetzer [July 6, 2015] Not everything will be settled in small groups, which is why I preach through books of the Bible (as we are right now at Grace Church—about two years in Matthew!). However, I think that biblical preaching (which is not just verse-by-verse, but in our case is primarily so) is key, […]
By: Bob Smietana ELVERT BARNES / FLICKR The second act of the national debate over same-sex marriage began this week with a focus on religious liberty. The Liberty Institute framed Friday’s Supreme Court ruling in favor of same-sex marriage as actually a victory for religious liberty. The assessment was somewhat surprising, given that the group had gathered […]
By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN Sat June 27, 2015) The battle over same-sex marriage may have drawn to a dramatic close Friday at the Supreme Court. But as several justices noted in forceful dissents, the war between religious and LGBT rights is far from over. In a landmark opinion, a divided Supreme Court […]
By Josh Reich If the father is the first in the household to become a Christian, there is a 93 percent probability everyone else in the home will follow. Most churches today, as has been true for the last few decades, are made up of more women and children than men. Yet in most churches, […]
By Tim Popadic Each year in our high school the fathers of the graduating class come together for a Father and Son BBQ (which is really code for “life-sized Jenga, cornhole and really good food.”) However, there is also the random possibility that fathers will be encouraged to share their feelings (a rarity), which could […]