Category: Church and Ministry
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12 Questions We Like To Ask Church Leaders
You can tell only so much from a Sunday worship service or by mucking around on the church’s website. In most cases, if you’re a visitor, those things are the welcome mat. They are the public face of the congregation. At this point in our lives, if my husband and I make it beyond an…
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The Unmaking of Our Biblical Womanhood
To my younger sisters in the faith: Perhaps you grew up in the church, and have chosen with joyful intention to continue in the same tradition or denomination now that you’re an adult. Maybe you’ve deepened your faith commitment as you’ve moved into your twenties or thirties. Maybe you’ve made a big change in your…
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Rebuilding after the storm?
These words I speak to you are not incidental additions to your life, homeowner improvements to your standard of living. They are foundational words, words to build a life on. If you work these words into your life, you are like a smart carpenter who built his house on solid rock. Rain poured down, the…
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What remains after the whirlwind of revival?
Twenty years ago, a friend invited me to attend a worship event at a church that had been experiencing revival. The church was once a standard-issue Bible church that held the position that the sign gifts of the Holy Spirit, such as healing, prophecy, deliverances, and tongues, had ceased with the death of the final…
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At the end of the spiritual tether
A couple of high-profile people in the Evangelical ecosphere have recently released statements explaining that their faith is changing and they no longer identify as Christians. These announcements from author-turned-pastor-turned-seminary-student Josh Harris and pop worship songwriter Marty Sampson have provoked plenty of discussion in the circles in which I travel. Their stories echo ones we’ve…
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The Church should ________
The Church should ________ – Assist the poor. It’s should be our job, not that of the government. – Take care of victims of abuse. We can do better than a secular social service agency will. – Fight the darkness and anti-Christian orientation of our culture. We need to return to our Judeo-Christian roots. –…