10 Christian “Founding Fathers” Of The United States
February is the classic time when we remember the country's earliest leadership due to George Washington's birthday on the 22nd. Today, it's normative... Read More...
Black History Month: 10 African American Church Leaders Who Shaped Christianity in America
The story of redemption is one of reconciliation, both to our God and to our neighbor. Revelation 7:9 says, "After this I looked, and there before me ... Read More...
10 Threads Of Deliverance In The Bible: Symbolic Clothing of Deliverance
Threads of deliverance in the Bible: Scripture is often enlivened when we see symbols or circumstances through the stories in the Bible. As we delve i... Read More...
Why a Virgin Birth? How to teach our congregations its importance
"The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us," says John (1:14). It's incredible and surprising! God takes on flesh and comes down to engage ... Read More...
What is the real historic church calendar for the approaching holidays?
Marking it down, putting a date on some event is human. We want to memorialize a birth, a wedding, a funeral. We want to remember. Our culture remembe... Read More...
Celebrate How? A Look Back At The Origins Of Christmas Traditions
Christmas decorations are an automatic expectation for most Christian households and public spaces like our churches. It usually includes some basics:... Read More...
Is speaking in tongues for the 21st century?
Dr. Wayne Grudem in his Systematic Theology defines speaking in tongues as, "prayer or praise spoken in syllables not understood by the speaker." Paul... Read More...
The History Behind the Top Church Denominations
The simple way to describe the church history is that the Apostles founded churches all over. (Early Church Mission by Eckhard Schnabel is worth havin... Read More...
What Sparked These 5 Great American Revivals?
What is a revival? Growing up in the southern United States, I can remember revival meetings that lasted at least a week. Every night you'd attend chu... Read More...