Editor’s Note: This article from Lifeway Research helps us all understand the uphill battle we face in our current culture. Let us take in the information as a clarification of our understanding and further heed the clarion call to speak the truth in love to a dying world that desperately needs to hear it. Trust … [Read more…]
At one point in my ministry, I ran across an interesting church situation: A quaint country church who couldn’t seem to keep a pastor. This church, like many of our SBC churches, was a smaller church outside a small population center. The 30ish congregants were farmers and blue collar families with an average age around … [Read more…]
One story that always intrigues me in Scripture is the story of Elijah. No, not that story. We all love to look at the story of Elijah (1 Kgs. 18), standing resolute before the prophets of Baal and Asherah, calling them out for not being able to get Baal’s attention to consume the sacrifice only … [Read more…]
One of the privileges of working at a Christian university is that I get the chance to work with outstanding colleagues who love the Lord and demonstrate it in their work. One of those fellow professors, Matt Kimbrough, just published a book titled, “Reclaiming the Church Family: A Solution to the Corporate-Church Crisis.” In his … [Read more…]