Stop Impeding Traffic: How Name-calling Hurts Our Witness
By John Martin I am sitting in a small coffee shop in Guntersville, AL. It is a rainy and dreary day and I am looking out the window trying to get motivated to start working
GRACE AND MERCY
by Andrea Krigbaum Recently, God has been teaching me about grace and mercy. There are days I think, “I don’t deserve to receive His help with a situation because I have
The Ultimate Blessing
by Chris Tippins The beatitudes remind us that, as believers, we live in the “already, not yet.” While we can and do experience the blessing of God’s promises n
Hang On
by Christopher Tippins Some days you may feel like you’re hanging on for dear life. Keep hanging on! But also… let go. Let go of trying to control. Let go of trying to
God is on the Move Around the World
In May, we learned one of our free resources, Building Strong Worship Leaders, was translated into Vietnamese. This was quite a shock considering we had no idea a church in Hanoi h
The Relationship Between God and Music
By Suzanne Provagna One of the characteristics I love about God is that He is direct. Every word has direction and meaning. Like the first commandment: Deuteronomy 5:6 “I am the
Gracefully Broken
Rewritten/adapted by Dawn Kelley, original author unknown Just the other night, I was in a long line at a local store when I noticed a mother with two children behind me. One of
The Open Door
By John Martin I have a question that I would like to ask my fellow pastors; “Do you have an open-door policy?” I once prided myself on having an open-door policy with any and
Service
By NLW Zambia Lead Team Member, Kabwe Musonda You must have the same attitude that Christ Jesus had. Though he was God, he did not think of equality with God as something to cl
The Model Prayer of a Worshipper
By Dwayne Moore The Model Prayer that Jesus taught His disciples in Matthew 6 can be divided into three distinct parts. As we build a daily habit of praying “in this manner,” o