As North Texas prepares to host nearly 4 million fans next month for the World Cup, churches in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex are gearing up to reach them for Christ
Eric Ramsey tells of a Muslim passer-by drawn to a Mideast church who explains that it was like smelling aromatic food, except: "… this I do not smell with my nose, I feel it in my soul!"
Year-to-date contributions to Southern Baptist national and international missions and ministries received by the SBC Executive Committee are 5.08 percent above the year-to-date SBC Cooperative Program Allocation Budget projection.
A long time ago, in a land that certainly now feels far, far away, the renowned Anglican evangelical theologian John Stott had a good idea.
Is it biblical, Joshua Clayton asks, for Christians to place a priority on high self-esteem? Compared to contemporary psychology, he notes, "the ultimate goal of Christianity is show man that, apart from God, he can do nothing."
Kevin Singerman, who was sent out as a missionary during the SBC annual meeting in Phoenix, "will remember the faces of those who are praying" for him and his wife and family as they take the Gospel to Sub-Saharan Africa.
Just as a car's seat belts provide physical protection, David Jeremiah notes that the Bible conveys commands, exhortations, warnings and instructions for spiritual protection.
The Disciples of Christ have elected an African-American woman to head their church, a first for any Mainline Protestant denomination
There's plenty to talk about in Scripture, Art Toalston writes. "Let's talk about it personally, deeply and frequently," he exhorts. "Let's talk in our families, in our churches, in every venue where we spend a portion of our lives."
Only Way Baptist Church has been rotating its "3 R's 4 Him" outreach emphasis for the last 18 months. It's a concept developed by Tim Morlan, pastor since 2010 of the rural, historically Native American church in Cushing, Okla.
Baptists show Christ's love at Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn.
