Healing Worship Framework: Worship as a Sanctuary
To speak clearly in an age of anxiety, the church must resist both manipulating people’s anxiety and the temptation to ignore it. Instead, we must offer what I’m calling a healing worship framework.
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J. Michael Jordan
A healing approach [to worship] can help to form worshipers who understand the world as it is, accept and embrace that world, and engage with it in a way that honors God.
Why Do You Fear Being Bold?
God’s leaders must know when to be quiet and when to speak up. When to let others take the lead and when to step out in front themselves and assert their God-given prerogatives.
What the Children Need to Know About Marriage in Your Church
It is good for young children to know what marriage is and why the Christian understanding of marriage has the particular shape it does, because children need to know about marriage in faith-based guidance.
The Reality of Reaching the Unchurched
Very few churches who say they want to advance reaching the unchurched are effectively marketing themselves to the unchurched population.
Try These 3 Ways to Benefit from Criticism
The writer of Proverbs implies that we should learn from and even seek out the beneficial wounds from our critics. Wounds from a sincere friend are better than many kisses from an enemy. (Pv 27.6)
What Does It Mean to Turn Our Eyes Upon Jesus?
"In the quiet of our own hearts, when we 'fix our eyes on Jesus,' are we looking at the true picture of Jesus, as revealed in Scripture, or the picture of Jesus we have in our minds based upon our own experiences?" -Angela (Alcorn) Stump This reflection invites us to turn our eyes upon Jesus with laser focus.
Matt Chandler: Victory Is Assured
Because of Jesus we can endure anything. Victory Is Assured for believers today.
From Negative to Positive
Choose your language wisely. Don’t oversell the sacrifice. Overshare the opportunity that they have in the kingdom of God.
