Articles for Outreach & Missions

Whenever you have a “difficult” child the natural temptation is to pour most of your energies into “saving” that child as you (perhaps unwittingly) spend less time and thought on the “faithful” ones. Yet the Bible specifically directs God’s people to focus on finding and investing in the most faithful:

Psalm 20 is an anthem for the pandemic.

For the most part, our American Christianity is squeaky-clean. Our understanding of the Bible is squeaky-clean.

We think wrestling with God is a sign of spiritual weakness and immaturity.

The Patriotic Idolatry - In many evangelical circles, it is still assumed that conservative theology means conservative politics.

It’s likely that someone you sing next to in church believes that there is ample evidence of fraud, and is grieved about it. Disdaining them as crazy conspiracists is not the best approach

If you had to describe your local church, what comes to your mind? Signs of God’s grace? Or ways your church needs to grow?

Lent is a season of preparation for the celebration of Easter. [This year it begins on Ash Wednesday, February 17th.] For many Christians, it is an occasion for renewed devotion to Jesus, for a recommitment to follow him on the way to the cross—and  through the cross to the empty tomb.