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To all volunteers, thank you for the ways you serve Christ and his church. Most of us know how essential volunteers are to making sure our churches are as effective as they need to be. Churches need to develop an ethos of valuing volunteers, but in order for churches to thrive, they would do bestContinue reading “The Importance of Volunteers in the Church”

President Trump announced that the three prisoners have been released prior to his historic meeting with Kim Jong-un. Three Korean American evangelicals held as prisoners in North Korea for at least a year are now on their way home, President Donald Trump announced in a tweet this morning. “I am pleased to inform you thatContinue reading “North Korea Frees American Christians”

Scripture invites us to give our firstfruits, not our fourthfruits. A few years ago, a copier was donated to our church. I can imagine the process that brought it to us: Another congregation, frustrated with its finicky copier, wanted to buy a new one but felt guilty about junking something that still worked. So theyContinue reading “Junk for Jesus”

A godly tongue speaks humor that heals, not hurts. I grew up in a very funny family—not the kind of funny that sends you to therapy, but the kind that is its own form of therapy. My Irish relatives knew how to lighten even the hardest days with well-timed ironic humor. Some of my funniestContinue reading “Definitely Keep Insulting Your Kids With Sarcasm. Great Idea.”

“When we don’t know the past, we tend to make assumptions that don’t historically line up with the facts. I’ve been guilty of this kind of thinking as it pertains to my heritage—the story of the Latino(a) Protestant church in the United States.” Who Will Tell Our Stories? When we don’t know the past, weContinue reading “The Legacy of Scripture in the Latino(a) Protestant Church in America”

How Christians with intellectual disabilities are serving churches (not just being served by them). “I can’t wait to see what kind of ministry she will have,” our friend said a few weeks after our daughter Penny was born. His words surprised me. Penny was diagnosed with Down syndrome at birth. Her diagnosis swept away oneContinue reading “The Ministry of the Disabled”

Be the change you want to see in the church. It’s been a rough year and a half for the church in America. Over the past months #metoo and #churchtoo has entered our common vernacular as we watch one leader after another fall. For many, this has come as a shock. But if we lookContinue reading “Moral Failings in the Church: How Can Women and Victims Respond?”

The Babylon Bee lampoons evangelical culture and teaches us to lighten up, already. I don’t know why, but Protestant evangelicals have had a hard time with humor, whether creating or enjoying it. Maybe it’s ancillary to us abandoning the arts. Late night TV is owned by practicing Catholics Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon. No oneContinue reading “Report: So-Called Christians Have Sense of Humor”

Controversy over past remarks leads Southwestern Seminary to announce a special board meeting. A growing group of Southern Baptist women called for Paige Patterson to be removed as president of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (SWBTS) on Sunday, due to what they claimed was his “unbiblical view of authority, womanhood, and sexuality.” Patterson, one of theContinue reading “Southern Baptist Women Launch Petition Against Paige Patterson”

The presence of the rural church is critical if the gospel is to make an impact in the community. One-on-One with Glenn Daman on ‘The Forgotten Church’ Ed: How did you come to write The Forgotten Church? Glenn: I was initially approached by Moody Publishers in 2016 to write a book highlighting the struggles andContinue reading “One-on-One with Glenn Daman on ‘The Forgotten Church’”