Today, we are bombarded with sad statistics that indicate a drastic drop-out rate of young people from their local church assembly following high school.  Some find their way into another type of church, but often the population simply drops off and never returns.  Another problem that the church seems to be facing is not from the teenage population.  This problem is from the 30 and 40 somethings.  Within that age bracket there seems...

How should the parachurch organization support and interact with God’s church without taking away from it?  That is the subject of The latest 9Marks eJournal – Click Here to download it.

My wife and I were watching a television program about Alaska recently.  Although it wasn’t at all related to the doctrine of the church, it was interesting to see how one woman lives alone for 9 months out of the year in a little village.  She lives in a very remote location and her nearest road is 80 miles away.  Literally, the only way out of her village is by a small airplane.  During three months of the year, she receives...

In 1 Peter 4:7-19, Peter instructs the Christians of his day to serve and suffer – all for the glory of God as the end approaches. These Christians were experiencing trials, but the most difficult and fiery trials were still to come. Yet, Peter encouraged them to remain faithful in their service and in their suffering in order to bring great glory to God and to prevent the Word of God from being blasphemed. Love in the Midst of...

The N.Y. Times report larger crowds during economic downfall. Click here for full report.

It is not a hidden secret that many of the new church methodologies today minimize the preaching of God’s Word. This is not only a heart breaking movement, but a very dangerous path as well. In Ron Owens’ book, Return To Worship, he provides a true story of what occurred in a specific unnamed church in recent days. He writes, “A pastor shared with me that he now had less than twenty minutes to preach on Sunday morning...