By Pete Alwinson. "Men: You can't live with them and you can't shoot them." This bumper sticker glared back at me, as I pulled up to a stop light in Orlando one day. "Now that's one ticked off lady" was my first thought. My second thought was: "I wonder what her story is. What did she experience ...
Category: Church Leadership
Something Different
Don't do something different just to be different. But don't be afraid to try something if you believe it will better utilize your resources to achieve your purpose.
The Importance of Worldview
In reality you cannot separate ethics and technology. There are no dualistic sacred and secular realms in life. All of life is one. God has structured his reality to underscore the "unity of reality." The danger of dualism is the temptation to believe that it is permissible for man to do whatever...
What Would Jesus Do?
Suffice it to say that it is in the church that we ought to learn what it means to be messengers of grace wherever we are. It is in this context that we are to make disciples. We have the great privilege of self consciously bringing the influence of God's kingdom to a society dimly aware of his n...
Why Bother Catechizing Our Children
By Brad Winstead. We have our covenant children for such a short time. Why not lay a permanent foundation of truth that will never leave them? We are wiring the house of the child's mind and are waiting for the Holy Spirit to flick the switch translating the head knowledge to heart knowledge.
The Importance of Worldview: Applying the Christian Faith to All Areas of Life
The Apostle Paul writes that we are to be transformed in our minds (Rom. 12:1, 2). Why? In order to know God's good, perfect, and acceptable will. A kingdom disciple is to be characterized as someone who knows how to apply the Christian faith to all areas of life. If the Christian life is about G...