God’s Promise for Your Struggling Family: Jeremiah 32:27 (NKJV)
“Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is there anything too hard for Me?” Jeremiah 32:27 (NKJV) There are few things more painful than a struggling family or a broken home. When you face family conflict, you might feel overwhelmed by the weight of the crisis. Maybe your family is struggling with the pain of a loved…
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How to Talk with People Who Don’t Believe the Bible
There are two types of people in the world: those who divide the world into two types of people, and those who don’t. As Christians, and especially as Christian leaders, we tend to be in that first group. We see an essential division in the world. The saved and the lost. Believers and unbelievers. The churched and the unchurched. While…
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Getting Past Chapter Breaks
Help! We’re being held captive, bound by a rusty 800-year-old device! I’m talking about the chapter divisions of the Bible invented by Archbishop Stephen Langton in the early 1200s. While his system has benefited Bible students—helping us find and talk about specific parts of Scripture—it has also created separation, setting up fences that divide thought from thought. Some of these…
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Leading People into Scripture, 2016
The end of a year is a great time to review what you’ve done. It’s also a chance for evaluation and recommitment. Sometimes a look back can remind you of who you are. That’s true for individual lives, for families, for churches, and even for blogs.We have worked to make this blog unique. There are many other blogs and web…
READ MOREHow Can Visual Tech Help Us Engage the Bible in Worship?
Reverence. Awe. Reflection.While traveling, I’ve been privileged to visit some of the world’s most renowned churches, among them Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Church of the Holy Sepulchre, St. Peter’s Basilica, and the Sistine Chapel. In each, I have been overcome with a reverence that’s different from what I feel when I enter my modern church at home. This sense of…
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How Can We Live Out the Bible?
My friend Bruce Main taught me the word praxis. I’m sure I had run across it in some theology text, but Bruce was actually using the word in a sentence, like it meant something.We were meeting at a South Jersey diner a few years ago. Bruce was giving an update on the ministry he founded, UrbanPromise—a lifeline for kids in…
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Where can I find good Bible resources online?
As we lead people into Bible engagement, there’s one great blessing we shouldn’t ignore: the text itself is readily available online. Bible Search, Bible Gateway, YouVersion and other services offer a free Scripture library unimaginable even thirty years ago. While our own Bible Resource Center provides a variety of articles and handouts for all levels of Bible study, it’s still…
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