Church Matters

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  What You Need to Know about the Church and Global Terrorism Songs and prayers of lament for the world instruct our congregations in appropriate ways of grieving and longing in the body of Christ. Liz Kanoy Jun 21, 2017
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  What Christians Need to Know about Islam No matter what others believe—no matter how they treat us or what their religious beliefs say about who we are—Jesus calls us to love them as we love ourselves. Dr. Roger Barrier Jun 14, 2017
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  How to Worship as a Family So, what should we do in family worship? It’s simple: read the Bible, pray together, and sing to the Lord. Donald S. Whitney Jun 07, 2017
• 5 Things to Pray after the Manchester Attack You’re a Christian, you’re not powerless to help—you can pray. You have the ear of the God of the universe; so here are five things to ask him, based on Psalm 56. Rachel Jones May 31, 2017
• Why You Need to Love the People in Your Church “Churches are designed to be communities of impossible love that only work if God is real, and Christ’s sacrifice is real, and heaven is real.” Liz Kanoy May 24, 2017
• Why God is Not in a Hurry Jesus telling the apostles they would receive power “not many days from now” implies that God isn’t in a hurry to prep us for our journey. Peyton Jones May 17, 2017
• 3 Youth Group Lessons I've Had to Unlearn As Christians, we often debate what to teach our youth in the church. We want to guide them, inspire them, and empower them all at the same time. Carrie Dedrick May 10, 2017
• 8 Ways to Pursue the Ministry of Reconciliation We long for unity because our Creator placed the desire for it in our hearts. Denise K. Loock May 03, 2017
• 10 Ways to NOT Mess up Your Easter Service The “why” of Easter services must be to introduce the greatness of Christ and the truth of His gospel to people’s lives. Here are ten ideas about how to not misstep on planning for Easter Sunday. Philip Nation Apr 12, 2017
• 5 Ways Leaders Can Make Sure They Hear the Truth from Their Team In leadership, we must ask the critical questions that moves the organization forward. But we must also be willing to own the answers that we are given to those critical questions. So how can that happen? Philip Nation Apr 05, 2017
• 5 Urgent Changes Your Church Needs to Make While God’s Word will never change, and our churches should never compromise on biblical doctrine, there are changes that need to take place in our congregations Liz Kanoy Mar 29, 2017
• 10 Sermon Topics I'd Like to Hear before I Die I love a good sermon, don’t you? When the preacher is right on target, and his message hits home with something you’ve desperately been needing, there’s nothing like it! But I’ve been thinking lately... Jennifer Waddle Mar 22, 2017