Posts from October 2023

If you were to ask me who I would want to meet if I could meet anyone in the bible, aside from Jesus, I would tell you Joshua. I love Joshua! In fact, it is interesting to note that Jesus and Joshua are the same name; Joshua is the English spelling of the Hebrew name Yehoshua, and Jesus is the English spelling of the Greek form of the same name. When I think about the person Joshua, I think of…

(Editor’s note: This article by a long-time friend and gospel preacher seems appropriate to our current emphasis on outreach and evangelism. Please read it carefully and consider the points made!) Over the last few years, numerous books and articles have been written about why churches grow (or don’t grow). They have offered all kinds of solutions to the problems of declining church growth. Some of their ideas are: Bigger buildings / Better location / Good publicity / Plenty of parking…

Why do you come to worship? Is it to give something or to get something? Well neither is wrong, in fact, both are to be expected and done by all. The problem comes when Christians focus only on getting something out of “worship.” They are takers. They want to be encouraged, edified, leave worship feeling good, programs that focus on them, and when a congregation doesn’t deliver then they move on. However, it is only when we “give” in worship…