Outreach Leaders

Oh God, Rend the Heavens and Heal Our Crippled Churches and Dying Nation

If we are to expect God to heal the crippled church and our dying nation, we must pray like Isaiah, “Oh God, rend the heavens and come down” (Isaiah 64:1).

Here’s the Data on Church Performance During the Pandemic

Christianity Today compiled survey statistics from Associated Press, Pew Research, and the American Family Survey, asking people their opinions on church performance during the pandemic. 

The God Who Bleeds

The God Who Bleeds - Jesus is not a theological quandary, but a man who, at one point in our timeline, yet forever, was/is pinned to a tree, accursed.

New Age Christians and the Danger They Don’t Know They’re In

So-called new age Christians often don't realize the danger they're in. It's a demonic, other-worldy danger.

Is Bloom Where You’re Planted Advice From the Bible or Grandma?

"Bloom where you're planted" has the folksy appeal of Grandma’s loving advice. Its origins going back to a common French saying from the 16th century. But is it in the Bible?

Can Someone Be Spiritually Healthy and Still Experience Mental Health Challenges?

“Can someone (a) embrace the gospel, (b) practice spiritual disciplines, display (c) personal devotion and (d) devout character, and (e) have a robust theology and still experience mental health challenges?”

The Church Must Be a Place of the Second Chance … Starting with Returning Citizens

In a culture so focused on dismissing people who have made mistakes, the Church has an opportunity to reflect something very different—forgiveness and second chances.

Christians Should Change How They Talk About People With a Criminal Record

Language changes culture, and culture changes law, not the other way around. And if we as Christians don’t change the culture, who will? There are 1 in 3 adults with a criminal record in the United States today facing untold obstacles to a second chance after paying their debt to society.