Church & Ministry Resource Guide
Church & Ministry Resource Guide
Is There Still a Future for Missions?
Is there a continuing place for deliberate attempts by Christians to reach across cultural and religious boundaries and seek to bring others to faith in Christ?
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Creative Ways to Practice Hospitality That We Might Be Overlooking
When the Bible talks about hospitality, it is very much talking about relieving people’s needs by providing.
You Were Pardoned for His Pleasure
The pleasure that God has in his fame is the pledge and passion of his readiness to forgive and save those who lift his banner and cast themselves on his promise and mercy.
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Our Pain Builds Trust in a God Who Raises the Dead
Kenneth Berding, Keith R. Krell
It is more important that we learn to trust deeply in God than live a life free from suffering. Trust is that important.
How to Implement Better Accessibility in Your Church’s Children’s Ministry
I love that children’s ministers are thinking about how to make all children feel welcome at church. They want to do evangelism and discipleship with all kids. They just don’t feel equipped.
Dear Pastor, You Must Prioritize Godliness over Giftedness
I see three lines of argument emerging from Scripture that together make a compelling case for the priority of godliness in the life of the pastor/preacher.
Paul Shows Us How to Confront Others with the Gospel
What clearer demonstration could there be that spiritual truths are spiritually discerned and that a special work of the Holy Spirit is necessary if people are ever to be brought to faith?
Podcast: Answering Tough Questions About the Holy Spirit (Joel Beeke)
Joel Beeke discusses the role of the Holy Spirit throughout the Old Testament, his presence in the New Testament, and his function in the life of believers today.
How the Local Church Can Effectively Train and Send Missionaries
Church leader, it is your privilege and responsibility to train and send missionaries to declare the glory of God. Here are three ways your local church can do it well.
We like having some biblical knowledge. We like the idea of connecting with God in his word. But doing the work to understand Scripture can seem too challenging or just plain overwhelming.
What Does It Mean to Pick Up Your Cross and Follow Jesus? (Mark 8)
Jesus exhorts his disciples to surrender self-sufficiency and self-reliance so that they might be able to serve him and bear fruit.
10 Purposes for Our Suffering Found in 2 Corinthians
There are at least ten purposes in our suffering in 2 Corinthians, but there are myriads that Scripture lays out and only God knows in his eternal wisdom.
A Biblical Theology of the Holy Spirit
One fascinating challenge when studying the Holy Spirit throughout Scripture is that there is only a limited amount of material on the Spirit in the Old Testament.
Should Your Children Read Books with Magic?
Even when we understand that fantasy as a genre is permissible, many Christian parents struggle with the use of magic in literature, be it magical elements or those associated with witchcraft.
‘The Sing! Hymnal’ Is Back in Stock
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How God’s Sovereignty Steadies a Fearful Mom
Often, behind our fears is this realization that as much as we want to be in control or sometimes think that we are, at the end of the day, ultimately, we’re not in control.
Identifying the Right and Wrong Motivations for Being a Missionary
While our motives will never be totally pure or stable, there are some priorities we should have as we assess what is primarily driving a person to missions.
Podcast: Should I Become a Missionary? (Matt Bennett)
Matt Bennett discusses the importance of qualified missionaries and what the training and discerning process for them should look like.
Peter’s Deliverance and Herod’s Judgment Echo the First Passover
Acts 12 opens on a very dark note. Herod the king—that is, Herod Agrippa—arrested a number of the Christians in Jerusalem and executed James, the first apostle to be martyred for the faith (Acts 12:1–2).
The Impact of the First Democratic Nation in 1776
There are only six countries on earth that do not claim to be democratic. Today, there are around seven billion people living in countries that purport to be democratic republics.
The Errors We Might Fall into If We Don’t Affirm the Doctrine of Aseity
If we don’t affirm the doctrine of divine aseity, it can be very easy for us to imagine that God is in some way enriched by or benefited by us.
Many professing Christians have a view of salvation that's disconnected from real life, nullifies the Bible's threats, and puts the Christ-claiming sinner beyond the reach of biblical warnings.
Your heart, confident in Christ, can grow into a happy force. “Let your heart cheer you” is emphatic, even defiant. Grab onto that wisdom!
The Upside-Down Way to Happiness
The Bible says Jesus has an upside-down kingdom, and that fact makes pursuing the kingdom counterintuitive. Jesus’s actions and words are often the opposite of what we’d imagine them to be.
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Why Does Jesus Call Himself the “Son of Man”?
Jesus, interestingly, never refers to himself as the Son of God. Other people mention him in those terms, but his favorite self-designation is actually Son of Man.
Why Are Parts of the Gospels So Similar and Others So Different?
With a discussion of central themes of the Gospels in the four-Gospel canon of the New Testament, let's consider the relationship among the first three Gospels—the so-called Synoptic problem.
Podcast: Three Ways to Worship the Lord Beyond Sunday Morning (Emily Jensen)
Emily Jensen shares what worship means and some practical ways that it can extend beyond Sunday mornings and into everyday tasks.
Introducing ‘The Biggest Story Curriculum, Student Workbook’
Bring biblical discipleship home with The Biggest Story Curriculum, now in a user-friendly workbook for families.