By David Faust When your body is healthy you sleep well, feel energetic, and enjoy a good appetite. Your weight, respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure fall within normal limits. How can you tell if your church is healthy? What are some signs that the body of Christ is fit, agile, and moving in the […]
By David Faust Hellen Keller observed, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” On one occasion the Lord promised the Israelites who went to battle, “Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand” (Leviticus 26:8). That’s favorable math! The principle of synergy […]
By David Faust When I was a Bible college professor, one day a ministry student told the class about a problem in the small urban church where he served as the preacher. “Our congregation constantly talks about the ‘good old days’ when the church was large,” he explained. “A picture taken years ago hangs on […]
By David Faust Jesus never said, “Blessed are the powerful.” However our culture persistently communicates the message, “Assert yourself. Be the boss. Climb the ladder. Make a name for yourself.” The account of King Uzziah in 2 Chronicles 26 cautions us about the perils of personal power. God made him successful. Precocious in his youth […]
By David Faust Recorded in 2 Chronicles 7 is how King Solomon and the Israelites dedicated the temple in Jerusalem: They knelt in awe as fire fell from the sky and God’s glory filled the temple. They sacrificed thousands of cattle, sheep, and goats. Musicians sang and praised God with their instruments. In the aftermath […]
