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April 13-14, 2016Your Marching Orders from God
You may not have thought about it before, but Christians have a lot more in common with soldiers than we might think.
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Growing Up in God's Family
There is one common analogy used throughout the New Testament regarding the local church. It is not a business, farm, team, school, or hospital, though those word pictures are frequently used by us to convey various dimensions of congregational life. The most often used analogy is that of a family. God is our Father; we are called His offspring—sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, even fellow heirs.
Stay in Circulation
Those who successfully wage war with silent heroism under relentless secular pressure—ah, they are the saints who know what it means to be melted.
Analysis of a Crop Failure
Jesus was the master teacher. Against relentless and hostile opposition, and in spite of many who followed Him for all the wrong reasons, He spoke with wisdom and taught with skill. Among the methods He preferred to use, the parable was one of His favourites. By placing a familiar and simple word picture before His audience, Jesus was able to draw out profound analogies that have intrigued even the brightest minds for centuries.
30 Days to Taming the Gossip Habit
This article is designed to create a better understanding of how to tame the gossip habit. For the next 30 days read the questions and allow them to spark deeper personal reflection and life change.
Ministry Letter April 2016
When Jesus gave His Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5) He broadcast to a multitude. When He was on His way through Jericho (Luke 19) He encountered a crowd before finding Zacchaeus in a tree and proceeded to minister in his home. When Jesus met the woman at the well (John 4) He cared for her one-on-one. Jesus used different methods to minister effectively to different needs.
Beyond the Broadcast: What If You Suddenly Lose Everything?
We all agree—life is difficult. Without warning, tragedy strikes and cuts our legs out from under us. It’s bad enough when such pain comes as the result of our wrongdoing. But how do we bear the pain of unjust suffering?
Clarifying Easter
Jesus’ resurrection is God’s corrective lens. Like reading glasses, it helps us clearly see the truth about things that matter most.
30 Days to Reframing Crucibles
When we encounter trials we tend to see them in a negative way. But Christians have the opportunity to view them in the biblical frame of God’s redemptive work.
Easter in Song
My worship glorifies God when my focus shifts away from me to who He is and what He’s done. By meditating on what hymns teach me about God, I’m led to greater knowledge and appreciation of Him.
