Focus on Christ all season this Easter
I’m glad that Lent is a part of the Easter season experience at the Baptist church where I have been a member the last several years and
Love your neighbor: Christ’s command to serve inspires action
Some Christians provide shelter for the homeless or food for hungry people. Others engage in social activism or public policy advocacy. What’s love got to do with it? Everything.
Like Christ, accept and value all
It is encouraging to see churches helping members become better educated about mental disorders and working to defuse the stigma of mental illness. Dealing with this issue requires high levels of sensitivity and respect. In today's world, mental illness is not a
Seek Christ-like love
Valentine's Day is set aside for people to show love to one another. The Bible reminds us that love is intended to be a good thing, even though many expressions of love in society miss the mark. As believers who want to be more like
Drawing people to Christ tops restaurant owner’s personal ‘menu’
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The mounted warthog, gazelle, alligator, shark -- game and fish of nearly all types -- are visible evidence in Tonanzio's of its owner's passion.
Finding Christ in popular culture
Are explicitly Christian films essentially propaganda pieces, not artistic expressions? Or are Christian themes expressed most profoundly in more subtle ways -- perhaps by directors who aren't Christian?
Who gave the best gifts to Christ?
Contemporary Christ-followers point to the magi, or wise men, when they consider the gifts brought to the infant Jesus, probably some months after the infant Messiah's birth. In the Gospel narratives, they appear to be the only gift-givers associated with the Nativity.
Chaplain in Afghanistan reflects Christ’s peace
Air Force chaplain Kevin Humphrey's last quarterly report to the North American Mission Board's chaplaincy group reads like the script of a Hollywood blockbuster.
Christ is still looking for radicals
It hasn't been too many years ago that pastors, Bible study teachers and youth ministers challenged members to be "radical Christians." Those two words are hardly used together these days. But remember, Jesus once preached a radical sermon about relating to God and others. Even
Londoners find Christ when US Worldchangers share
Seventy American students traveled to London early this summer as part of International World Changers, an overseas student missions experience sponsored by the International Mission Board to spread the gospel in the city.