By Melissa Wuske Hope Amidst Threats Xavier Gonzalez has been pastoring a church in an impoverished, remote region of Columbia for 12 years. Before he decided to plant the church, others warned him: “That’s a violent place. There are paramilitaries there, and they are going to kill you.” Gonzalez simply responded, “God gave me an […]
By David Faust These questions coordinate with Engage Your Faith and This Week with the Word. Sunday School Lesson Text: Acts 6:1-8 1. What is your personal opinion about the preaching you are hearing these days? What is good about it? What do you wish were different about it? 2. Can you think of two […]
By Dr. Mark Scott The opening line in John R.W. Stott’s book Between Two Worlds: The Art of Preaching in the Twentieth Century is, “Preaching is indispensable to Christianity.” The apostle Paul argues for that truth in Romans 10:14-17 and 1 Corinthians 1:18-31. More specifically it is the message preached that is indispensable. But how […]
By Kelly Carr Tomorrow I get to see Hamilton: An American Musical with a friend and my daughter. Soon the culmination of months of anticipation will be in our grasp—and then it will be over. That’s the way life is. In the Hamilton song “One Last Time,” George Washington tells his mentee, Alexander Hamilton, that […]
By Mark A. Taylor I’ve never succeeded because of what I could do with my body. I was no star athlete in high school. I’m all thumbs with a hammer and nails. My wife hangs the pictures and does the painting at our house. My son-in-law fixed the plumbing when he visited not long ago. […]
