July 11, 2010
Seven Days of Praise
Daniel Schantz reflects on seven ordinary days and the many ways God receives worship through creation, teaching, Scripture, home, music, communion, and grace.
Articles for tag: Grace
July 11, 2010
The Boy with the Odd-Shaped Head
C. Robert Wetzel reflects on baptism, Scripture, and grace through a childhood barber shop debate and a lifetime of ministry shaped by Restoration Movement convictions.
June 27, 2010
Church Ladies Spotted at Strip Clubs
Bruised Reed volunteers from Southland Christian Church bring meals, prayer, and relational ministry to Lexington strip clubs, showing Christ’s grace while experiencing transformation themselves.
June 20, 2010
Lessons We”ve Learned from Eating with Sinners
Brandon Smith reflects on how studying Eats with Sinners helped campus ministry students practice relational evangelism through meals, patience, humility, and authentic friendships with non-Christians.
June 13, 2010
Broken People Change the World
Janet McMahon reflects on how leading support and recovery groups taught her to confront brokenness, seek God’s healing, and trust imperfect stories to reveal his grace.
June 6, 2010
Status Quo
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May 30, 2010
What I Have Learned in 50 Years as a Theologian (Part 2)
Jack Cottrell examines Law vs. Grace, arguing that Christians become and remain justified by grace through faith while rethinking common Restoration Movement teachings about salvation and baptism.
May 30, 2010
Leading People Toward Redemption and Restoration (Part 3)
Ken Swatman offers practical guidance for pastors and leaders helping people walk through repentance, redemption, restored identity, healed relationships, and the careful restoration of leadership authority.
The Revolutionary Relevance of Christian Hope in Communion
Ash Barker reflects on sharing Communion in Klong Prem prison and discovering revolutionary hope in Christ’s body, blood, and promised return.
Enrolling Our Kids in the Jesus Mission
Janet McMahon shares how responsibility, relationship, repetition, and results helped her children process a family move to Kansas City for the planting of Restore Community Church.
May 2, 2010
Why Do Christians Serve? Guilt or Gratitude?
Larry W. Bailey explores the burden of guilt, the limits of human coping mechanisms, and the freedom Christians find when service flows from gratitude for God’s forgiveness.
May 2, 2010
You”re Not as Bad as You Think You Are
Mark Atteberry offers eight grace-filled reasons Christians may need to stop beating themselves up over guilt, failure, expectations, and unfinished stories.
April 11, 2010
FROM MY BOOKSHELF: Focusing on Grace
LeRoy Lawson reviews four Christian books on ministry friendship, grace, small group leadership, and long-haul leadership, offering a mixed but thoughtful guide for ministers and church leaders.
April 11, 2010
Whatever Happened to False Doctrine?
Jeff Faull reflects on the New Testament’s repeated calls to unity and love while challenging the church not to abandon its responsibility to recognize and resist false doctrine.
March 14, 2010
Friendship Matters
Kelly Kastens reflects on why spiritual friendship matters, especially for Christian leaders who need trusted companions marked by honesty, vulnerability, prayer, and a shared desire to become more like Christ.
March 7, 2010
God Intends Church Growth
By Stephen Bond “I will build my church . . .” (Jesus Christ in Matthew 16:18) God intends church growth. We know this because there are still people who have not yet embraced God”s grace through faith in Christ. Those people face the specter of eternal separation from the Heavenly Father. Jesus came to seek and to save these lost people. This is not the only message Jesus brings, but it is one of the most important. At the age of 21, I opened the Bible for the first time and discovered a world of truth I had never known.
February 28, 2010
Leadership Coaching in the Local Church (Developing Leaders of Leaders)
Janet McMahon reflects on how volunteer coaching, shared responsibility, and intentional leadership structures can release leaders and help local churches care for people more effectively.
February 7, 2010
How One Minister Survived a Building Program
Ken Swatman shares three principles that helped Oregon City Christian Church survive and even value the challenge of building and relocating to a new facility.
January 31, 2010
Forgiving Ourselves
John Mark Hicks reflects on self-forgiveness as the acceptance of God’s forgiveness, showing how grace, confession, and Christian community help believers move beyond shame.
January 30, 2010
Guaranteed Returns
Jeff Faull challenges believers to see difficult economic times as an opportunity for kingdom generosity, wise stewardship, and public examples of giving motivated by pure hearts.
