Why Church Administration?
by Jeff Nichols Why did you enter ministry? To make a difference? To help people? To introduce people to Jesus? There may be many things on your list, but somewhere close to the top of that list is to obey Christ’s command to make disciples. That’s why you are giving your life to this grand adventure called ministry. You want to tell people the good news of Jesus Christ. You want to see them be baptized and grow by leaps and bounds as...
Perspectives on Tithing (ed. David Croteau)
Review by Craig Batts “When evangelicals in the United States, living in the most prosperous global economy, still give less than 3 percent of their income to Christian causes – something is wrong with our understanding of God’s mandate for generous giving!” [1] These words are the first to greet the reader upon opening the cover of one of the latest books in the Broadman & Holman Perspectives series. Jeff Iorg’s endorsement would...
What We Are Missing in Spiritual Maturity
Post-modernity has propagated a plethora of pitfalls for the Christian faith, both on a practical level and in the realm of ideas. Immaturity is an important consequence of this philosophy. While there are biological components to the life stages, more often they are matters of cultural construction. Since culture shapes maturity and post-modern standards are wholly arbitrary, godly maturity increasingly is lost in our culture. This...
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