How often do we petition Christ for the petty things, while ignoring the far greater gifts that he wants to give us? 

Be personal in your message, but remember it is out there for all.

After adrenaline there is always a settling period. God is the only one who can motivate us to lift our flattened hearts up toward Him.

Speaking to a crowd of people is something that is unnatural for everyone, and fearful for many. 

Around 100 cars participate, with an estimated total of 300 people, who “got together safely, sang some songs and heard about the good news of Jesus”.

John 5 underlines to us that Jesus is not passive, nor reactive. He is proactive.

Our culture tends to show in how we preach.  We may accept that premise, but what should we do about it? A six-step action plan.

There are some aspects of our preaching that may be more reflective of our culture than we realize.

 A lot of us preachers remain fairly unaware of how our preaching and communication reflects our own culture.

People need to have more exposure to God’s self-revelation in the Bible, not less.

Play your part in building the body of Christ and show yourself who you are. The Bible knows nothing of solitary religion.

God created us with an incredible set of emotions to help drive us through the challenges of life, but He never intended us to travel that path alone.

A Christian is someone who has been both born into and adopted into God’s family.

Because Jesus rose from the dead, He made a way for humans to come to God and defeated the enemy of our souls and death itself.

Jesus died to set us all free from the righteous judgment of God against sin, to buy us out of our slavery to sin.

His story can change our story, because our story only makes sense when we understand His.

I would like to offer some thoughts on the issue with the hope of stimulating further reflection by the church.

Some will look back on lockdown with a deep sense of regret at having missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to grow closer to God.

Think and pray about the gaps that this unique season will create in our churches, as well as the new people that could be added.

God knows what is coming; He always has, and we never have. Maybe this can stir a greater humility in us all, even when restrictions ease.

As pastors, ministers, church leaders and preachers, we need to be very confident in God’s Word as we plunge into a global crisis.

Despair, distraction and compromise are three of them.

Three bilingual evangelical churches in Cuenca, Ecuador, gather dozens of indigenous families. “We do not preach religion, we preach Jesus Christ”, a pastor says.

This situation may be new to most of us, but it is not new for most people, in most of the world, for most of history. This situation is new to us, but it is not new to God’s people.

Spirituality is not given its name because it is connected to the soul or the spiritual part of humanity, but because it comes from the Spirit of God.