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The means of grace found in the life of the church are most effective when they are employed in the context of discipleship. God has brought us together with other believers so that we can benefit from one another as we join our spiritual gifts for the purpose of...

The Internet is a smorgasbord of information on almost anything. Cable news allows instant access to information about what’s happening everywhere in the world. And go to the magazine rack at Barnes and Noble; you can get information on just about any subject...

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been much debate over what is essential to life in this world. If grocery stores are essential, does that mean Walmart is as well? If we allow Walmart to stay open, should other retailers be allowed to open? Is a...

In September of 1982—more than a decade before the rise of the Internet—journalist Allen Neuharth launched a newspaper that would revolutionize the world of print media. What made USA Today so unique is that its approach and design were based on the most thorough...

Most people enjoy a good fireworks show. Oohs and awes fill the crowd as fireworks blow up in the sky. Children’s eyes radiate with delight and smiles fill their faces. The explosions provide exhilarating moments of amazement…and then the show ends. Normal life...

Christian apologetics has historically most often suffered at the hands of those who have been doggedly committed to offensive methodologies, “offensive” in both of its nuances of meaning. We must not assume that such offensiveness pertains only to the field of...

When I was a child my father insightfully prepared for life when he said, “Son, life is hard and then you die.” This “salt of the earth” axiom has proven true over and over again in my life, at least the first half (and I anticipate the second half coming to fruition...

Coming out of the Christmas season, we have been reminded of the reason Jesus came. Sometimes we call it the advent season because we commemorate Christ’s advent (arrival) two thousand years ago. But let us remember that Immanuel is not a one-advent Messiah. The...

One of my favorite Christmas hymns has a line, “Long lay the world in sin and error pining.” The story of Christmas is about God’s promises. The first promise goes back before the manger, before the wise men, before all the prophets—even before sin entered the world....

The concept may seem basic, but the longer I’m a Christian and the longer I’m a pastor, the more confusion I see in practice and hear in popular Christian teaching about the church. Who talks about the church being the bride, the betrothed of Christ with whom He’s...