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Seven Reasons Why Living Together Before Marriage is not a Good Idea

By Arron Chambers

Love the Lord With All Your Heart…

How much of faith is wrapped up in emotion?  I mean wrapped up. Elliot Gould in the movie "Capricorn One" was a reporter who lived out of a suitcase.  He said, "I’m always unwrapping things.  I wake up and take the cellophane off the drinking glass. The soap out of the Holiday Inn wrapper.  [...]

ENTERING THE WORLD OF THE UNCHURCHED

Acts 17 16—34I have been talking of late about the world of the unchurched and how we can enter into their world. If we are going to invite folks from outside faith to cross the threshold into faith community we need to know of which they come. There are many ways to do this but they may be summarized in two ways.We can begin to enter the world of the unchurched from a distance.We can do that by

The Cost of Following Jesus

The Cost of Following Jesus Many years ago I attended a church where the pastor continually encouraged us to attend all services. I wondered at the time why he would be telling those of us who were regular in our attendance to keep on attending. It seemed like he was “preaching to the choir” as the old saying goes. I’ve since understood why we needed to be encouraged to remain faithful.Free

Solving Church Problems (part 2)

A couple weeks ago I met with a few of my Ministry Team leaders. At that meeting I reviewed some of our goals for growth in the church and also some of the hindrances we face in meeting those goals. Many of our hindrances are invisible on the surface. Even so, they are very real, and they are incredibly tough to overcome. Let me expound on the four most prevalent growth inhibiting factors we face