November 10, 2025
“THE LAST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION”
Truly we can say, whenever we gather to observe Communion, “It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this," and do so, as Jesus said, in remembrance of him.
Articles for tag: 1 Peter 2:9
November 5, 2025
When It Comes to Evangelism, Start with Why
If our focus is primarily on what (telling people about Jesus) or how (training and tactics), the work of evangelism can feel forced and uncomfortable. But once the why sinks in, everything changes.
August 6, 2016
10 Ways Your Church Can Move More Young People Toward Vocational Ministry
By Matt Proctor 1. Preach on the need for full-time kingdom workers. All Christians are ministers, no matter their vocation. There is no clergy/laity distinction in God”s church, and all believers are called to witness, lead, and serve. “You got into the ministry when you got out of the baptistery.” May we never water down the biblical teaching on the priesthood of all believers (1 Peter 2:9). But this too: may we never water down the need for vocational Christian leaders. Preach on the need for those who will give their working lives to leading the church, reaching the lost,
September 3, 2015
Our Work, God”s Work
By Aaron Wymer All of Scripture lifts up the value of””and God”s role in””our work. When it”s time to work, whatever the shape and substance of your vocation, you may yearn for “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” where they “hung the jerk that invented work.” But the old song about a hobo”s paradise that doesn”t include work is an entirely different vision of paradise than we get in Scripture. From Genesis to Revelation, Scripture is not shy about addressing work. Some texts are exceedingly practical, such as 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15. Here the apostle Paul is fed up with lazy and idle Christians,
June 18, 2006
The Gospel Offensive
By Jeff Krajewski When Aerosmith sang, “There”s something wrong in the world today,” the band stated a reality that very few would contradict. There has been something wrong with the world for many thousands of years. We believe we know how things should be. But we don”t see it in our culture. It appears that most, if not all, of our Christian values have been completely removed from the fabric of a society. In his book Families at the Crossroads author Rodney Clapp says this, Scant decades ago, most Westerners agreed that lifelong monogamy was ideal, that mothers should stay
