Pastor Gary Pleasant from New Life Christian Church has posted a warning and prayer request during his yearly sabbatical. Today, January 15, 2017 a meeting is being held in Paris, France by the United Nations. Seventy countries will be in attendance. The purpose of...
H/T: John Pavlovitz To those who sold doves in the temple courts Jesus said, “Get these out of here! Stop turning my Father’s house into a market!” His disciples remembered that it is written: “Zeal for your house will consume me. John 2:16-17 This week some...
H/T: Pittsburgh-Post-Gazette By: Peter Smith: petersmith@post-gazette.com or 412-263-1416; Twitter @PG_PeterSmith. In his growing work of consulting with churches on matters of sexual abuse, Jimmy Hinton says he hears a common refrain. If a devoted member of a...
H/T: Crosswalk.com, Todd Pruitt Sept 29, 2014 There is a great misunderstanding in churches of the purpose of music in Christian worship. Churches routinely advertise their “life-changing” or “dynamic” worship that will “bring you closer to God” or “change your life.”...
J.D. Greear, lead pastor of Summit Church in Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina, has been noted for taking a 300-member church and growing the congregation to more than 9,000, making it one of the 100 fastest-growing churches in the U.S. So perhaps Greear can afford to...
