Cultivating a heart tuned to worship God rightly requires that we take a fair inventory of our heart’s emotions in our worship.
Church Life
Being known by selecting two or three people who aim to build trust with you through asking specific questions is a way for a community to love their pastor, as well as a way for a pastor to love his community.
Lives grind to a halt when people don’t know how to relate to their past. Stephen Viars introduces a third way to view one’s personal history—by exploring the role of the past as God intended.
Adoption won’t always move in a straight line, but it’s an outreach of immense importance and one that rests at the heart of the Gospel.
The church needs to help Christians understand the beauty and power of sex that is so compelling that we would never be satisfied by porn.
Answered prayer creates faith, which in turn encourages more prayer.
It is also often said that we should shun discussions about religion and politics, since they are often contentious. Yet silence would exclude too many matters that concern both the church and the state.
Brother pastor, whole-heartedly give yourself to the promotion of the glory of God in all aspects of your ministry. The promotion of God’s glory is correlated to your enjoyment of Him in the process. You and your people need both.
May we always remember that our family is our most important ministry.
Prayer is so fundamental to the life of the church that it is not a gift. It’s like breathing. It is not an option; it’s the engine.