Saturday Lagniappe: ‘The Devastation From Hurricane Helene Is ‘Overwhelming’ but So Is the Neighborly Love’ And More
The Devastation From Hurricane Helene Is ‘Overwhelming’ but So Is the Neighborly Love
…in the midst of the shocking loss and ruin the storm left in its wake, stories are emerging of neighbors going above and beyond to help one another. Among them are pastors, local churches, and Christian relief organizations.
Also See: First Baptist Erwin, Tenn., among those hard-hit by Helene, Megan Basham is lying again, and Calmes: Donald Trump turns on a firehose of lies as the election nears. It matters
Christians are not free from obedience to the commandments known as moral. These commandments include a prohibition against bearing false witness. Jesus himself affirms these commandments in his teaching. In one conversation in the Gospel of John Jesus implies that liars are the cildren of the devil, the father of lies. Spreading lies and half-truths is condemned elsewhere in the Bible and liars are numbered among the wicked. The Revelation to John tells us that liars will be cast into the lake of fire.
‘The UK is entering its first atheist age,’ say researchers
The proportion of atheists in the UK has grown to such an extent that it is now possible to speak of the country’s “first atheist age”, a group of researchers has said after publishing the findings of a major study into atheism.
How love renewed St James’ Old Cathedral
A west Melbourne church has seen huge growth in attendance numbers over the past 16 years in response to efforts to revitalise it, including introducing new ministries. St James’ Old Cathedral has grown from 15 people and few if any young people at Sunday services to 80 worshippers, and a strong youth group, since the church embarked on its revitalisation journey. It now offers a distinctive mix of contemporary Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic traditions, and attracts children and young people.
Why Domestic Abuse Is So Very Evil
There are few churches that have no members who bear painful scars related to domestic abuse. There are few churches where pastors and members are not at times called upon to respond well and wisely to troubling allegations and sorrowful situations. In their book When Home Hurts, Jeremy Pierre and Greg Wilson provide guidance for such times and, as they do so, explain why domestic abuse is so very evil. I, for one, found it very helpful.
Entrepreneurial Imagination: How Missional Startups Engage Your Community and Reenergize Your Church
Join us for a free webinar where you’ll discover fresh ideas and real stories about how entrepreneurial initiatives can revitalize your congregation’s mission and community impact.
What does it mean to preach Christ?
Tis video features r. Jordan Stone of Reformed Theological Seminary.
Why You Should Train Others To Preach
How Biblical Hermeneutics Transforms Us as Readers
Learning to read is the first and most important step in a child’s education, the principal doorway to learning about everything else. Reading both informs and forms, which is why children of God down through the ages have sought to figure out what the Bible means, why it matters, and how they should respond to or participate in the Bible’s story. Figuring this out is an art and a science, and it’s called hermeneutics.
You Need a Well-Oiled Gospel Memory
It is important to have a well-oiled, activated gospel memory. It’s important to require yourself never to forget. Few things are more spiritually benefiting than rehearsing the story of God’s rescuing, forgiving, and restoring grace in your life. It’s vital to remember that we not only experienced his forgiving grace at the moment of our conversion, but continually experience his grace as a lovingly patient process of restoration. God has forgiven you again and again, he has restored you to himself again and again, and he will continue to do so again and again.
Those Who Make Them Become Like Them
As I’ve been reading and reflecting on digital technology over the past few months, a consistent theme has been the ways in which the digital is digitizing us—that is, how our technologies are changing our sense of what it means to be human and remaking us in their image.