Smart Mouth
Have you ever back-talked your parents? It’s a sure sign of disrespect, a lack of caring for authority, and the words in […]
Category: Church
A Triumphant Life
Believers in Christ should have a triumphant attitude. Not that we have triumphed over anything, because we can’t hardly conquer our own […]
Judging
Real faith should never coexist with partiality. You cannot hold both in your life and claim that it’s real faith. To illustrate […]
Religion
When it comes to belief in God, Canada’s young people are a lot like their elders, but they view religion as relatively […]
Church Family- Good To Great
A healthy church is a melting pot of ethic diversity, various socio-economy status’, and even opinionated people. There are always challenges to […]
Church Family
It seems that Paul’s favorite name for believers was “brethren”. He used it at least 60 times in his writings and 27 […]
Watched
Not to make you paranoid, but you’re being watched! Believers who take their calling seriously can’t have a completely private life. We […]
Essentials
A fish has a nature— it swims. A hawk has a nature— it flies. It’s a natural compulsion. As believers we […]
Pray Hard
Building a deepening relationship requires vulnerability. When one person trusts another with their fears, doubts, concerns, dreams, etc. Churches must do this. […]
Reassurance
Reassurance— The act of removing doubts and fears. This is particularly true in relating to relationships, including churches. Every relationship has problems […]
Receptivity
Gary Smalley in his book— ‘The Gift of Honor’ tells the story of Keith Hernandez. “He is one of baseball’s top players. […]
Excellence In Action 2
An elderly widow was restricted in her activities but was eager to serve Christ. After praying about this, she realized that she […]
Excellence In Action 1
Inc. Magazine contributing editor Jeff Haden wrote an article titled: “8 Things You Should Not Do Every Day.” Although written in the […]
Excellence In Ministry
“Excellence is never an accident” —Aristotle Let’s read the next text in our series of Excellence: 1 Thessalonians 1.5-10 “For our gospel […]
Excellence In Prayer
“Half-heartedness and mediocrity don’t inspire anybody to do anything.” —Adrian Rogers If you put a group of people in a room and […]
Collectively Together
A man was answering questions for a national poll. When asked for his church preference, he responded-— “Red brick.” Sounds about right! […]
Prayers
And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers. (Acts 2.42) Prayers. προσευχαῖς […]