And when David - a former shepherd boy, an adulterer, and a murderer - heard this news, he responded by saying, "Who am I, O Lord God, and what is my family, that you have brought me thus far?"
The priest was John Newton, and those words struck a deep chord in his heart as he thought about the year gone by and the year yet to come.
Read more"Surely, no man with his eyes open can fail to see that the Christianity of the New Testament is something far higher and deeper than the Christianity of most professing Christians. The formal, easy-going, do-little thing which most people call religion, is evidently not the religion of the Lord Jesus." J C Ryle
Read more"Surely, no man with his eyes open can fail to see that the Christianity of the New Testament is something far higher and deeper than the Christianity of most professing Christians. The formal, easy-going, do-little thing which most people call religion, is evidently not the religion of the Lord Jesus." J C Ryle
Read more"Surely, no man with his eyes open can fail to see that the Christianity of the New Testament is something far higher and deeper than the Christianity of most professing Christians. The formal, easy-going, do-little thing which most people call religion, is evidently not the religion of the Lord Jesus." J C Ryle
Read more* Are parking attendants in place?
* Is there appropriate signage?
* Are your ushers and greeters welcoming?
* Is the environment you take for granted user-friendly?
2. Most church members aren't friendly. Churches claim to be friendly. But the truth is that most church members are friendly to each other, but not to guests.
Read more* Are parking attendants in place?
* Is there appropriate signage?
* Are your ushers and greeters welcoming?
* Is the environment you take for granted user-friendly?
2. Most church members aren't friendly. Churches claim to be friendly. But the truth is that most church members are friendly to each other, but not to guests.
Read more* Are parking attendants in place?
* Is there appropriate signage?
* Are your ushers and greeters welcoming?
* Is the environment you take for granted user-friendly?
2. Most church members aren't friendly. Churches claim to be friendly. But the truth is that most church members are friendly to each other, but not to guests.
Read moreNEW CONGREGATIONS ARE MORE EVANGELISTIC
Bruce McNicol of Interest Ministries is quoted in the magazine "Christianity Today" as saying, "Among evangelical churches, those under three years old will win ten people to Christ per year for every hundred church members; those 3 to 15 years old will win five people per year. After age 15, the number drops to three per year."
Read moreThis crie de Coeur is very apparent to missionaries who work with Muslims, both in traditional Islamic countries and in the West. I recently heard from a reliable source that in the Muslim world, there is roughly one missionary for every one million Muslims. If the USA were a Muslim nation, there would be a total of 325 missionaries in our entire country. No wonder few Muslims ever hear the gospel.
Read moreThis collapse will herald the arrival of an anti-Christian chapter of the post-Christian West. Intolerance of Christianity will rise to levels many of us have not believed possible in our lifetimes, and public policy will become hostile toward evangelical Christianity, seeing it as the opponent of the common good.
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