Time with the Lord, every day, is vital to me. Prayer, reading His words, worshiping Him in song or just quiet before Him. It is the living water and fresh bread that keeps me well and strong. That keeps ‘hope’ a strong and sure anchor.
Jody Neufeld, Daily Devotions of Ordinary People – Extraordinary God, July 23
A couple of days ago, I blogged about evaluating the state of your small group during the summer months. One important type of small group is the class for new church members or new believers. For obvious reasons, such a group doesn’t continue with the same people year after year. Your hope is to see…
Through March 15, 2014 Energion Direct will be offering a Buy-2-Get-1-Free sale on all Topical Line Drives volumes, including those currently on pre-order. (Three new volumes will go on pre-order during the next week.) As a special bonus we’re adding the books Will You Join the Cause of Global Missions? and Study Guide to Ultimate…
This week we’re going to post a series of quotes and notes here from our authors regarding hope. Holy Week in the Christian calendar is a time both of expectation and trial, of hardship and hope. There is the joy of Palm Sunday which turns out to be temporary. The friendly crowd is nowhere to…
We hope each and every one of you have a grace filled Good Friday. Some ask just what’s good about Good Friday. If we can remember that God gave, that God opened the way for us to come boldly to him, and that we cannot and need not bring anything with us to him, then…
Chris Surber, author of Rendering Unto Caesar, challenges Christians with his posts this week on the Energion Discussion Network to reexamine our political assumptions. Do we look more to worldly governments for solutions to our problems than to God? (Monday) When is political involvement appropriate and when is it counterproductive? (Tuesday) What robs Christians of…
Today’s post on the Energion Discussion Network argues for a more limited role for the federal government. Here’s Elgin Hushbeck’s “point to ponder.” Granted no system is perfect, and problems remain, but as we move closer to a true consumer based marketplace, things get correspondingly better. On the other hand, as government is asked to…
