There are all kinds of definitions of the word love. The challenge is to make sure we are communicating accurately when we use the word. In our culture we use the word “love” most often when we are pleased with someone or something. We might say “I loved this book,”
By Jake Summerville, Lutheran Advocacy – Minnesota [About the Author] In a time as tense and divided as ours, ideas like a united church working together toward a common good feel more and more idealistic. Our neighbors are hurting, yet barbs of hatred and division wound. How can we expect
The Legacy of Prayer at Brentwood Baptist In this episode of the Sermon Notes podcast, host Jay Strother sits down with guests Gayle Haywood and Janet Waters to explore the profound impact of prayer in the life of Brentwood Baptist Church during their 40 days of prayer emphasis. Gayle
What’s Next?! The Best Question to Ask Regarding Guests At Church Hopefully, you will meet new people this week. One of the marks of a healthy church is a steady stream of new attendees. They might have come for any kind of reason—an outreach initiative, a special service or time
John Paul II’s Apostolic Exhortation Ex Corde Ecclesiae, in this its thirty-fifth anniversary year, remains the most thorough and most sophisticated reflection on the Catholic university in the literature of the teaching authority of the Church (the “magisterium”). In celebration of that anniversary, I would like to quote the opening
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The classic 1942 Screwtape Letters book by C.S. Lewis was the product of a different age and Lewis’ unique religious perspective. The Screwtape “Text Messages” uses the same literary approach of an arch demon instructing his apprentice. But they also consider the mind-bending consequences of how artificial intelligence
by Deacon Erin Brown – Lutheran Office for World Community [About the Author] Being a part of the advocacy team at the Lutheran Office for World Community (LOWC) has given me the opportunity to meet amazing advocates from the communion of churches that form part of the Lutheran World
Scripture: John 14:6 Devotion Have you been burdened by the lost around you? Have you been burdened for those unreached people groups around the world? As followers of Christ, we are called to share the love of Christ with the lost around us and around the world. Jesus’ words in