MCC Ladies Scripture Memory (by Kara Volkman)
The idea of having a group of women memorizing the Word together stemmed from a couple of different places. The first was out of a desire to help my own…
Category: Blog
-
-
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.…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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,…
-
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…
-
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…
-
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…