Summer time is often a slow time in churches. Many small groups don’t meet through the summer because people are gone on vacation, or just busy with all those other things you can do while the kids are out of school. Sunday School classes are smaller for the same reason. This is a good time…
OK, why would a business owner tell you not to buy directly from his company? That sounds pretty weird. Is there something wrong? Well, no, there isn’t anything wrong with the company, though there is something wrong with buying directly, for most people. If you are an individual, buying just a few books, then it…
I wrote and publish two books on spiritual gifts, Identifying Your Gifts and Service, and Identifying Your Gifts and Service: Small Group Edition. Occasionally people wonder just how to use these two books. What is each one for. Briefly, Identifying Your Gifts and Service is a workbook designed to be used in conjunction with a…
We have released our new proposal and submission standards, which we believe are much clearer. You can read them below, or they are available in PDF format. Energion Publications Submission Guidelines Revised: June 3, 2008 Mission Statement Summary Form Our mission is to use web and print publishing to educate Christian laity and clergy, to…
Energion Publications has a new phone number. It is 850-525-3916. Please change any contact information you have. Our fax number is also now obsolete. We have received nothing but junk faxes for over a year. If you need to fax us for some reason, please call voice and we will make arrangements. As always, we…
We have replaced our mission statement with one that is more succinct: Our mission is to use web and print publishing to educate Christian laity and clergy, to energize the whole church to commitment and action, and to empower all members of the body of Christ to be effective witnesses for Jesus. This replaces our…
Note: This applies only to the pamphlets and not to any books. Since we first published participatory study series pamphlets we have offered source files in Word Doc (a few in Open Document Format) and in PDF along with permission to print as many as you desired. They will remain available, and we intend to…
Jody Neufeld maintains a devotional list via a blog, with e-mail or RSS subscriptions. Her husband, Henry Neufeld, also writes many devotionals for that list. Today’s devotional is A Foundation for Thinking. Go check it out. The devotionals are posted each weekday. Jody is author of
There’s a title that cries out for punctuation, especially once you learn that it refers to the Rapture Ready web site. I found this via Exploring Our Matrix, and immediately knew I needed to write a piece relating it (or not!) to my study guide on Revelation. One of the key elements of that page,…
In writing for my wife’s devotional list and my Running Toward the Goal podcast (this podcast is no longer available and all links have been removed from this post 10/14/2018) this week, I have been focusing on the work of the Holy Spirit and the gifts. Since I’m also focusing on gifts here, I’d like to…
