With modern churches, at least in the US looking more and more like entertainment centers maybe it is about time to revisit the Word of God and see its example and purpose for a church. – Mike Question: “What is the purpose of the church?” Answer: Acts 2:42 could be considered a purpose statement for the … More What is the purpose of the church?
Recently, researchers at State University of New York determined that descendants of immigrants to the United States typically lost the ability to speak their mother tongue by the third generation. Something similar, but far more serious, seems to be happening with Christians in an increasingly post-Christian culture. Each successive generation is losing the understanding of, not to … More Is Christian Cohabitation the New Norm?
Can the United States still be Redeemed? By Glenn Meldrum I fear the United States is hastening towards judgment. Where that line of no return is I do not know, but the nation’s rapid moral and spiritual decline is hurtling us towards that terrifying line at breakneck speed. Only divine intervention can turn us from … More Can the United States Still be Redeemed?
It’s Not About the Manger As you enjoy Christmas in the company of friends and family, be sure to reflect on how the babe in the manger reveals to us God’s wonderful love. But even more, as Chuck Colson explained over a decade ago, remember the cosmic implications of the incarnation… that God would indeed … More It’s Not About the Manger
Today’s BreakPoint: Live Not by Lies …Weiss describes a growing and institutionally enforced anti-Semitism, and proceeds to list a series of incidents that she says cannot be accurately understood as isolated, but instead as an essential and insidious component of the new liberalism, a “mixture of postmodernism, postcolonialism, identity politics, neo-Marxism, critical race theory, intersectionality, … More Live Not by Lies
Today’s BreakPoint: QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, & the Church Faith and Fear Don’t Mix JOHN STONESTREET WITH SHANE MORRIS At a press conference a few weeks ago, a reporter asked President Trump about the conspiracy theory QAnon. Started a few years ago by an anonymous user on the message site 4chan, QAnon claims, among other things, that a ring … More QAnon, Conspiracy Theories, & the Church
This is a brilliant cooperative idea, and the churches and ministries participating are to be commended. I just wonder however if they can open their doors why the schools can’t? – Mike Today’s BreakPoint: Public School … In a Church? JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER Most public schools across the country are either attempting to hold … More Public School … In a Church?
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Matthew 25:40 (KJV) CONTEXT: This portion of the Gospel of Matthew begins in v.31 and goes to the end of … More Sunday’s Sermon Series – The Least of These
Today’s Breakpoint: Children, the Church, and the Culture War God’s Blessings Ain’t (Just) a Strategy 07/6/20 John Stonestreet and Shane Morris A few days ago, a colleague shared comments he and his wife get when people find out they have seven kids: “Are they all yours?” “Were they all planned?” “What are you, Mormon?” And, most … More Children & the Culture War
Today’s BreakPoint: Pastor or Parrot? Pastor or Parrot? Lessons from the Coronavirus Pt. 11 JOHN STONESTREET WITH MARIA BAER Pastoring is always a difficult job. I can’t think of another job, in fact, in which someone is hired to do one thing (typically, lead and disciple God’s people) but evaluated on a completely different thing (namely, … More Pastor or Parrot?
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