How to Get Started

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...

Turning Information into Knowledge

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...

Church is Essential

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...

Junk Food in the Pulpit

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...

Apologetics: Old and New Positions

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...