How can patiently, consistently, and repeatedly pointing a real-life fellow human to Jesus ever give us the same instant buzz as completing the next level of Candy Crush or Meowdoku? Yet we know that the Great Commission is to supersede our own comfort, desires, and distractions. So, what to do?
If, at a very deep level of our hearts, we think the world of the senses—of money, metal, glass, and machines—is what really matters, we will not consider it worth it for anyone to give years of their life to learn how to spiritually care for other people.
A thriving church discovered that one of the best ways to multiply is to give away money and key leaders to revive struggling congregations right down the road.
One of the greatest dangers in the Christian life is that we stop growing in our first-love relationship with the One who is the way, the truth, and the life.
When children are taught the New Testament separate from the Old, and when God’s wrath is ignored for the comfort of his love, they later discover these issues on their own and must wrestle with the incomplete biblical picture they have always known.
There is no greater joy in the Christian life than living together in life-giving Christian community. There is no greater privilege in the Christian life than joining arms with brothers...
In terms of high adventure and suspense, Acts 27 is a page-turner. Luke records, in vivid detail and nautically precise terms, the voyage taking Paul from Caesarea towards Rome. Bad weather...
The Bible has an overwhelmingly positive view of sex. It is not something naughty, dirty, sinful, or wrong. It is a good gift of God, meant to be celebrated and enjoyed only—within the confines of marriage.
Pastor Paul Carter explains why he uses the RMM Bible reading plan.
In this episode, Pastors Paul Carter, Steve Bray, and Paul Martin discuss the differences between church planting and church revitalization.
Statistics tell us that 25% of current pastors plan to retire in the six months. If that’s even close to true, then we have to ask the question: where will...
What standing for the truth of God's word even at great personal cost looks like in Canada
