Stumbling-Block or Stepping-Stone?

The following is an object lesson you might use in a sermon:

Text: "Let us stop passing judgment on one another. Instead, make up your mind not to ...

Why Aslan Appears to Grow

In C. S. Lewis's children's series, The Chronicles of Narnia, young heroine Lucy meets a majestic lion named Aslan in the enchanted land of Narnia. ...

Doing More Than the Minimum

I will do more than belong, —I will participate.

I will do more than care, —I will help.

I will do more than believe—, I will practice.

I will do more than ...

One Church's Survey Found Serving Others Contributes to Spiritual Growth

Eric Swanson wrote in Leadership magazine:

I surveyed my church to see if people saw a relationship between ministering to others and spiritual growth.

Waiting Is Part of God's Refining Process

In smelting and forging, the cooling process is as important as the heating. Metallurgists have discovered that changes occur in the metal itself during ...

Sticking with the Pokey Little Church

For all of its foibles—lousy preaching, political infighting, self-centered focus, stagnation, a gaggle of special interest groups—the pokey ...

Intimacy with God Despite Our Imperfection

Spirituality is not a formula; it is not a test. It is a relationship. Spirituality is not about competency; it is about intimacy. Spirituality is not ...

Bush Challenged by Bible Study

As a west Texan, Don Evans did what came naturally in a storm: he joined a Bible study group. He coaxed his friend George Bush to come along. The program ...

We Need Both the Word and the Spirit

In his book I Believe in the Church, David Watson writes:

All Word and no Spirit, we dry up; all Spirit and no Word, we blow up; both Word and Spirit, ...

Salvation Means Discipleship, Not Formulas

In the movie Monty Python and the Holy Grail, as King Arthur and his knights seek the Holy Grail, they come to a bridge that spans an abyss of eternal ...