Pornography is a very prevalent issue in the church today. The ease of access and shear volume of pornography on the Internet is staggering. But a deeper, more insidious issue is the fact that a pornography addiction is more easily hidden and justified as not being as bad as adultery. This makes for a very…
We have all been there. Everyone sits down to eat and waits for someone to pray for the meal. It seems like such a simple task, but at the same time people seem to make it something so complex. Is praying for a meal any different than praying for anything else? Is there a certain…
I have met quite a few people who say, “I don’t even know where to begin when it comes to studying God’s word.” I was one of those people once. I felt like I could never understand it and so I just didn’t even try. However, if the Bible could not be understood, why would…
If you grew up in a more traditional church, the idea of someone wearing jeans to church might be enough to make you feel faint. On the flipside, if you had had most of your church experience in a more casual setting, you might wonder why anyone would wear anything but jeans to church. The…
Short answer – no…um, sort of. There are similarities between a business and a church congregation, including: both manage (or try to manage) lots of money; both have mandates which require strategic planning to achieve; both manage (or try to manage) human resources; and it’s painfully frustrating to see our beloved church not make progress…
Israel was God’s chosen people. God told them that they needed to be pure, a holy nation to him (Leviticus 19:2). They were to worship him and him alone (Exodus 20:3) and they were not to worship him in the same ways that the pagans worshiped their false gods (Deuteronomy 12:31). Thus, God had certain…
