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Sermon: How To Feed A Big Crowd on a Small Budget

What does the story of Jesus feeding the 5,000 tell us about the kingdom of God?  Just about everything, that’s what.  Here’s the...

How Do I Think About Tweeting? — A Response to John Mayer

by John Piper I began tweeting in 2009, and explained why in a blog post. Now, two years into it, do I think it’s a...

Thousands of Churches Prep for Back to Church Sunday

More than 6,000 churches have extended a half-million invitations to National Back to Church Sunday, set for Sept. 18.

Pornification, Part 2: 'Not that There is Anything Wrong With That'

Last week I began a series entitled "The Pornifcation of American Culture." You can read the first post of this series here. These posts...

The Church and the Arts

“Because we are made in the image of God the creator, we are destined to be creators of images and stories. It’s...

Mistake Into a Miracle

I wrote about Norm in Sun Stand Still. A lot of you have been asking about him. How he’s doing. What became of him. If...

Five Things The Lord Is Teaching Me Through My Father's Death

#1 - Eternity is reality, everyone is going to die and spend eternity somewhere…and there is amazing peace when you know that someone...

Serving Christ and Saving Unborn Lives

I served on the board of the first crisis pregnancy center in the Pacific Northwest back in the 1980s, so the work that...

Hearing the Voice of God

Although the Lord gives you the bread of adversity and the water of affliction, your teachers will be hidden no more; with your...

One Church Becomes Two…Without Splitting

I wrote last week of a church that is closing and, rather than selling the property, they are giving it to Granger so...

When is the Kingdom of God Coming? Then? Now? Neither? Both?

I ended my last post with an apparent riddle. Throughout the Gospels Jesus proclaims the kingdom of God, sometimes as coming in the...

Adopt a Dead Sea Scroll Page for $2K

You can now adopt pages of the Dead Sea Scrolls to be a part of the effort to conserve and digitize them.

Shane Claiborne and the Simple Way

"Everyone wants a revolution, but no one wants to do the dishes."

5 Reasons Why You Need to Get Better at Saying “No”

Michael Hyatt: Every time I say “no” to something that is not important, I am saying “yes” to something that is.

The Pornification of American Culture

I recently wrote a journal article for the Assemblies of God Enrichment Journal. I will be turning that into a series here at...

Hold On…God’s About To BLOW YOUR MIND!

I read something in the Scriptures the other day that literally blew my mind and encouraged the heck out of me…and I walked...

Significant Preaching Without A Belt

I wanted to answer a question related to our very well received article entitled “Preach Something Significant.” Many readers saw this as...

The Six Vehicles for Church Vision: How Many Are You Using?

Every pastor wants to get people excited about God’s activity in the world through their local church. But not every pastor understands how to...

When is the Kingdom Coming? In the Present?

In yesterday’s post, I examined several sayings of Jesus that suggest the kingdom of God is coming in the future. Today, I...

Free eBook: Works of Martin Luther, Volume II

Works from Reformer Martin Luther, with introductions and notes.

Remains of Pastor’s Wife and Friend Identified; OK County GOP Chair...

News surfaced this week that Tifany Machel Adams is the GOP chair for Cimarron County, Oklahoma. Adams is one of four suspects charged with kidnapping and murdering pastor's wife Jilian Kelley and Kelley's friend Veronica Butler.

Rebecca McLaughlin on Whether Christians Can Agree To Disagree About Same-Sex...

Dr. Rebecca McLaughlin joins “The Stetzer ChurchLeaders Podcast” to talk about how church leaders can respond to common arguments that use the Bible to affirm same-sex relationships, the “why” behind God’s design for marriage, and the “beautiful and glorious vision” Christianity has for friendship.

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