Another video from Francis Chan:
Amy Carmichael: liberator of child slaves
Amy Carmichael understood the Great Commission and lived it out. At a young age, she answered God’s call to the mission field and set sail to India, where she would spend the 50 years serving the church—the rest of her life. While in India, Carmichael founded the Dohnavur Fellowship, a refuge for child sex slaves—children […]
Open Letter to North American Churches
Reverend Fletcher Matandika, the pastor of New Westminster Chapel, recently wrote an open letter to North American Churches, highlighting some concerns that he has. It is a must read. Even if you don’t live in North America, Rev. Matandika’s pleas are biblically-driven and gospel-saturated. It should encourage us all to pray for our churches. He […]
"Our faith is a Person" —Spurgeon
Charles H. Spurgeon: “Our faith is a Person. The gospel that we have to preach is a Person. And go wherever we may, we have something solid and tangible to preach. If you had asked the twelve apostles, in their day, ‘What do you believe in?’ they would not have needed to go round about with […]
How Can We Fallen Humans Construct Good Theology?
[Thursdays: Theology] Theology is the study of God, and God is immeasurable. That being the case, how can we fallen humans construct good theology? It’s a great question. Have you thought of it before? Christopher Morgan, co-editor of Crossway’s Theology in Community Series, offers some great thoughts: Still the challenge is enormous. How can we […]
Don't Get Out of Whack
This article from Kevin DeYoung is superb. Here’ s an excerpt: The Lord has been gracious over many years to preserve the unity at our church. So I’m not writing about the members of University Reformed Church. But I’ve seen and heard enough—from other church leaders and from church visitors who end up not staying […]
BLB Women's Ministry Resources
Calling all ladies! Did you know that Blue Letter Bible has women’s ministry resources? Well, we do! It has always been our desire to work alongside the local church by providing a wide variety of free bible study resources for both men and women. We want you, our users, to grow in the knowledge of […]
"O let the nations be glad and sing for joy"
“Let the people praise thee, O God; let all the people praise thee. O let the nations be glad and sing for joy…” (Psalm 67:3-4, KJV) “Missions is not the ultimate goal of the Church. Worship is. Missions exists because worship doesn’t. Worship is ultimate, not missions, because God is ultimate, not man. When this […]
God is the "eternal fountain"
Jesus answered and said to her, “Whoever drinks of this water will thirst again, but whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him will never thirst. But the water that I shall give him will become in him a fountain of water springing up into everlasting life.” (John 4:13-14) The Puritan John Owen […]
Gordon-Conwell on Why Theology Matters
Gordon-Conwell Seminary, a multi-denominational evangelical seminary on the East coast, releases a quarterly ministry magazine called Contact Magazine. Their Spring 2011 issue features several articles relating to the topic of theology. Here is the issue’s description from their website: Theology tends to get a bad rap in evangelical circles. But this issue of Contact Magazine […]