The weekend became a sacred event as the Lord powerfully assured the interceding young people that their agonizing prayers for their friends’ salvation would be answered. Within months of that retreat, the Jesus Movement was sweeping thousands into the kingdom....
My three-year old grandson, Boyce, has no problem dreaming big dreams. When you ask him what he wants to be when he grows up, Boyce shouts with every ounce of enthusiasm in his perpetually jumping body, “I want to build bridges … fly an airplane …...
Churches are transforming their communities by caring for people in neighborhoods overwhelmed by crime, illiteracy and poverty. Taking the love of Christ into these situations, congregations fulfill their high calling, knowing that the government cannot fully answer...
Our job is to introduce kids to the One who cleans up messes–Jesus. As my wife and I pulled into the church parking lot on a cold Sunday morning, we saw a woman with special needs walking in the winter weather with her young niece and nephew in tow. I admired...
This open letter to worship pastors/leaders is on behalf of the 350,000 preachers out there who serve alongside you every weekend. In case you didn’t read last week’s letter to Discipleship/Ed pastors, these are staff letters of appreciation, not rebuke:...
