ALREADY GONE
By
Ken Ham & Britt Beemer
…six out of ten 20-somethings who were involved in a church during their teen years are already gone. (p. 23)
We’ve always been trying to prepare our kids for college (and I still think that’s a critical thing to do, of course), but it turns out that only 11 percent of those … Read More
ABOVE ALL EARTHLY POW’RS
BY
DAVID F. WELLS
Cultured people were thought of as men and women who tended the soil of their lives, who worked at self-improvement, especially by immersing themselves in those matters which were thought to improve the human condition: classical music, great literature, high moral discourses, and the pursuit of disinterested goodness through philanthropy or … Read More
A Tale of TWO SONS
by
John MacArthur
… “feeding on husks” (referring to the consumption of trivial, shallow, or worldly things that can’t really give nourishment); or “riotous living” (meaning a dissolute or extravagant lifestyle). (p. xii)
The parable of the prodigal son is not a warm and fuzzy feel-good message, but it is powerful wake-up call … Read More
50 People Every Christian Should Know
Warren W. Wiersbe
Jonathan Edwards:
The churches operated under what was known as the Half-Way Covenant. This permitted people to unity with the church if they had been baptized but had not made a profession of faith in Christ (they were baptized as infants, of course). Their children were then baptized as … Read More
7 PRACTICES OF EFFECTIVE MINISTRY
Andy Stanley
Reggie Joiner
Lane Jones
Practices, not Programs