The Teen Mental Health Crisis: How Do We Respond?

Teen mental health has never been this bad…  READ MORE > > > The Adolescent Mental Health Crisis “In 2019, 13 percent of adolescents reported having a major depressive episode. And that was a 60 percent increase from 2007. Suicide rates, which had been stable from 2000 to 2007 among this group, leapt nearly 60 percent … More The Teen Mental Health Crisis: How Do We Respond?

Prayer Focus Update September 2022

Prayer Focus Update is a monthly information bulletin with up-to-date news on the persecuted Church to help Christians pray for their suffering brothers and sisters. You can use this for prayer groups, your own information and for inclusion in church magazines. It is available in various formats on the Barnabas Aid website or can be sent through … More Prayer Focus Update September 2022

Revive Us Again: LEARNING FROM THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

ABSTRACT: As a young pastor, Jonathan Edwards yearned for revival — and in time, God was pleased to bring revival, first in 1734, and then into the 1740s as the Great Awakening spread through the Western world. Edwards watched hundreds of formerly apathetic neighbors become earnest seekers of God; he saw evening revelries become gatherings for … More Revive Us Again: LEARNING FROM THE FIRST GREAT AWAKENING

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/30/2022

Chapter CONTEXT MHCC: The Galatians reproved for departing from the great doctrine of justification alone, through faith in Christ. (1-5) This doctrine established from the example of Abraham. (6-9) From the tenor of the law and the severity of its curse. (10-14) From the covenant of promises, which the law could not disannul. (15-18) The … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/30/2022

Declining Church Giving Facts & Solution

NEWS PROVIDED BY/ empty tomb, inc. / Aug. 30, 2022 CHAMPAIGN, Ill., Aug. 30, 2022 /Christian Newswire/ — Fact:  Church member giving declined in 2019, the year before the COVID pandemic took off, according to data published in empty tomb’s latest edition, The State of Church Giving through 2019: Serve God with Money At-Scale or Serve … More Declining Church Giving Facts & Solution

Student Loan Bailout

There has been much to do about President Biden signing the order for Student Loan Forgiveness. Was it legal (I am not sure), was it politically motivated (I am convinced) must we, (those claiming to be Christians) look at this issue and all others from a Biblical perspective, ABSOLUTELY! Psalm 37:21 CONTEXT: From BibleRef.com One … More Student Loan Bailout

Devotional Thought for Today – 08/27/2022

Psalm 7:11 “Christian” or Not? Despite the US decision, Supreme Court Declares America a Christian Nation in (Holy Trinity vs. the United States) one needs to look at the overwhelming evidence that America was not founded as a “Christian Nation”, a theocracy, but clearly a Republic upon Judeo-Christian principles. Given that fact, however, it is … More Devotional Thought for Today – 08/27/2022