God’s Healing for Your Broken Family: Psalm 147:3 (NKJV)
He heals the brokenhearted And binds up their wounds. Psalm 147:3 (NKJV) For many, home is a place of comfort, warmth, and beautiful memories. But not everyone has that experience. So often, families are pulled apart by challenges that feel insurmountable. Parents separate or divorce; family members endure constant conflict, shocking tragedies, or unmet expectations. The home we long for—a…
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How 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 Find Rest in This Busy Season?
Given the culture’s preoccupation with staying connected electronically to our various worlds, it is no wonder that fatigue has become a real issue in our lives. Sabbath rest has been an increasingly elusive opportunity as the work flow has intruded into our homes. We go through email at all hours, attend meetings online, and maintain overflowing schedules.So where does one…
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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 Does the Bible Fit in Your Ministry?
Recently I was looking for stories of how Scripture changes lives, and I thought of this softball teammate of mine. Dragged to church by a girlfriend, he was full of objections, but the pastor challenged him to read the Bible for himself—and suggested an app for that. The results were amazing. He went from a life of aimless addiction to…
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Bible Reading Strategies for the Five Seasons
Churches have five seasons of the year: SeptemberAdvent/ChristmasJanuaryLent/EasterSummerYes, that’s a simplification, and it wanders from the liturgical calendar that governs many churches, but when it comes to planning new things for your congregation—new campaigns, emphases, programs, even preaching themes—these five seasons generally emerge with unique properties.1. September is a time of new routines.Kids are back in school. People are back…
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How to Lead Introverts into Bible Engagement
“Hi. My name is Stephen. I’m an introvert. It’s been three days since I’ve spoken to anyone, and that makes me happy. Please go away now.” Is this how you think of introverts? If so, you’re wrong. Well, wrong-ish. I am an introvert. I was born this way. While I now understand that this is a normal personality style, I…
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