Some Christians want us to believe God still speaks today. It’s the same as Bible times…but different. What if we did treat such words from God as the Bible tells us we should? From Dan Phillips at Pyromaniacs. Let’s make a step forward from the basic considerations we laid down about any word from God, …
Spent a week away meeting with other church leader types. Which means that I heard this question a lot. You’d think pastors would know better. Tim Challies offers some thoughtful alternatives. He promises a second part to this post. So how many people go to your church?” That’s a question just about every pastor faces …
Continuing on our recent strand of posts about corporate prayer, Michael McKinley at the 9Marks blog has posted Six Ways To Help People Pray: Pretty much everyone would agree that prayer is an important part of the Christian life. And pretty much everyone would agree that most Christians don’t pray as much or as well …
Kevin Murray posts a link to a blogpost by Stephen Hafler on the opportunities and pitfalls of short-term mission trips, particularly those from a ‘home’ situation visiting workers in the field. The questions and answers have broader application for other forms of short-term work. Karl Dahlfred writes a helpful post on writing letters (publicising) an …
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