July 11, 2022
July 17 | Discovery
Why did the church in Thessalonica so badly need encouragement?
Articles for tag: 1 Thessalonians
June 27, 2022
July 3 | Labor Prompted by Love
Christianity is not for the lazy. . . . The apostle Paul did not labor to achieve salvation; he labored because he had salvation.
August 26, 2017
Lead a Church Worth Imitating!
By Gary L. Johnson I remember the moment as if it happened yesterday. It was December 1966 and I was in the fifth grade. My teacher announced to the class that Walt Disney had died. Little did we know that a dream of Disney had died with him. Disney dreamed of building an “experimental prototype community of tomorrow” in the swampland of central Florida. It would be an ideal urban center””with businesses, schools, city parks, factories, shopping centers, athletic venues, beautiful homes, and even churches. Disney believed urban areas could be purposefully built and developed to serve as models for
August 1, 2015
Because of Their Work
By Jeff Faull It was more than 20 years ago that October was designated as Clergy Appreciation Month. My experience and exposure is limited, but for most people I know, Clergy Appreciation Month is a nonevent. Some even perceive it as a “contrived holiday” kept alive by greeting card companies and Christian booksellers. Unless I miss my guess, most Christian workers don”t care much about those “appreciation days” on the calendar. I confess I had to look it up to see when it took place. October passes by with many of us remaining blissfully unaware that we missed anything. And
February 21, 2010
The Art of Sauntering”“Contagious Excitement from the Word
By Terry O’Casey With a belch of diesel smoke, the bus speeds off to another site””just another stop in another too crammed, too rushed day. Rush, rush, rush””get off the bus, snap a quick photo, cram back on the bus””rush, rush, rush! Off to the next stop on the agenda””capture a quick memory””get back on the bus. In the rush the people caught a glimpse of Old Faithful, but completely missed Castle, Grotto, and the grandest of all, Grand Geyser. Only the unrushed get to see these marvels. Meanwhile the bus rumbles on. The rushed strain to see a distant
