Why Does God Bless Some and Not Others? By Pastor Alan Noble
I was recently posed the following question by a Facebook friend: “I was born and lived a great life in the U.S.A. People in Haiti and Afghanistan have awful lives.…
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Rethinking Homelessness (by Rebekah Parker)
It’s the dingy cardboard sign that reads something like this: “homeless and hungry…anything helps. God bless.” Maybe it’s the scruffy-looking panhandler on the side of the road or on the…
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What Does the Bible Teach is the Purpose of the Church’s Weekly Gathering? By Kevin Dunford
Why do Christians meet up so frequently for church? I mean let us be honest, that is quite a commitment Christians make on a weekly basis. Every week, Christians give…
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25th Anniversary Prayer Requests
Discipleship Growing MCG groups. Continued faithfulness in biblical teaching. Increased development of teachers and preachers via workshops, training, etc. Greater Titus 2 mentorship, difficult to accomplish in large groups or…
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Foster Care and the Sex-Trafficking Pipeline
On Thursday, July 18, I had the joyful surprise of receiving a few copies of my book Until Every Child is Home: Why the Church Can and Must Care for…
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A Day in the Life of a Christian Foster Care Worker, by Jared Shaw
The word trauma is only six letters long, but it is so much more than just being in a car crash. It’s more than seeing someone whose been shot,…
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Four Themes for Discipleship and Dads in the Letter of 1 Peter, by Pastor Adam Anderson
I was recently asked to preach for Father’s Day and pondered many things I could talk about, but I began to get puzzled over what text to preach. On the…
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The Extremes of New England Church History
By Alan McElroy New England’s history appears to be one of extremes. What struck me is that what some might consider a slow drift, was really a quick shift on…
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Passivity: The Enemy of Manhood, by Jim Viens
Often in our lives little harmful things, when left to themselves, can take over to the extent that removing them requires a large amount of hard work. My wife and…
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Rethinking Where to Look at the Lord’s Supper, by D.J. Curl
Where are you looking when you participate in the Lord’s Supper? Chances are, if you are anything like me, your first course of action is to physically look down to…