Thom Rainer publishes yet another helpful numbered list. This one provides some observations about the problems that arise when a church becomes activity-driven instead of ministry driven. Which is to say: what happens when the church becomes slaves to maintaining their activity program instead of focussing their activities on their central mission and ministry. See …
In Magnificent Obsession (Christian Focus, 2013) David Robertson seeks, in ten concise ten chapters to explain why Jesus is great. The chapters take the form of open letters, a device which allows Robertson to respond to issues raised writers such as Christopher Hitchens, along with other atheists and critics of Christianity from other backgrounds. While …
I watched this today. It is wise and gracious. ht
While the kingdom of God will survive in Iraq, Dennis Crowley compiles this report about the massive loss of Christians in that country over the last ten years. Amid paragraphs recounting numerous attacks against localised groups, these two statements demonstrate the wide scale devastation which has been effected upon Christians since the fall of Saddam …
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