Thirty years ago, Hurricane Hugo unexpectedly roared into Charlotte, and with it a number of things we assumed were true were turned on their ears.
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"And Mary said, "Behold, I am the servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to your word." And the angel departed from her." ~ Luke 1:38
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I have not written in some time. To be honest, I have not had anything compelling enough to stir me to write… until today. I love the holiday season. I love the traditions, the time with family and friends. I love the reminder of all God has done for us in Christ. I love the decorations, the music, even the ugly sweaters out there…
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The scene of the Nativity, set among hay and humble beasts, fringed by scruffy shepherds with their meek lambs, drawn together at the center by the sweet affection shared between mother and child, fills our eyes with what would seem to be the very picture of peace. The setting seems far removed from any field of battle…
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A voice on Christ’s first advent from 115 years ago! (1904)
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If we grasp the Bible's teaching on the nature of sin then we would understand how dire our situation truly is. We, apart from God's grace, are incredibly lost, men and women.
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I made the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah cling to Me, declares the Lord, that they might be for Me a people, a name, a praise, and a glory, but they would not listen” (Jeremiah 13:11b ESV). The last few words of that verse are convicting.
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To set the scene, I am taking a course in ethics at a prominent Catholic college (I’ll keep some details anonymous to protect the professor). Of my classmates, at least half of the class are Roman Catholic priest or members of a Catholic religious order (e.g. Society of Jesus/Jesuits).
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I became aware of the importance of having a Biblical worldview when George Barna came out with a study that showed how many people would identify themselves as “Born Again Believers.”
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Funerals are difficult occasions. There are so many emotions, difficult questions to answer, and plans to make. Although tough, funerals, memorials, and gravesides allow pastors to see a whole host of people at different levels and understandings of faith. We get to see longtime believers and how they grieve, and we get to help them grieve.
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Last year a prominent nationally known pastor advocated that Christians needed to unhitch themselves from the Old Testament. This set off a firestorm of debate online. His motivation for calling for such action was due to his passion to reach the lost for Jesus Christ and he sees the Old Testament as a hindrance to this objective. He argued that what people need to know, without getting into all the messy details of the Old Testament, is simply that Jesus Christ rose from the dead.
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Editor: At the request of Eastern Regional Superintendent Greg Twitchell, ACV is sharing the resources featured below and will be publishing three forthcoming articles authored by Advent Christians.
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Even though we confess that we are saved by grace alone, it is still hard for us to grasp the truth that Almighty God is in Christ graciously disposed toward us all the time.
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· I am weak, but He is strong. Camp is exhausting, but God never sleeps.
· Campmeetings are sweet and wonderful and used by the Lord in unique ways, yet are no substitute for local churches through which God is carrying His mission forward in this world….
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The American Church is commonly admonished to thank God for the freedoms that we enjoy as Americans, especially the freedom we enjoy…
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I have become accustomed to the indoctrination. Truly, I have.
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Why are leaders always so shocked when they begin a new initiative only to discover there is “equal and opposite reaction”?
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Two times in my adult life, I have experienced dramatic change in how I understood and practiced Christian faith. The first occurred in my early twenties with a transition away from a more emotionally based faith…
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In articles across the web one finds titles like, “Overcoming Spiritual Inertia in Your Church,” and the like as though all inertia is bad (i.e. not changing is a good thing if “change” means compromise with the world!). Typically, only the first part of Newton is cited. Then the argument is made that the church is a ‘body at rest’ that needs us, pastors/leaders, to get it going and keep it moving. Such is most certainly…
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If getting out of the way is of first importance to remove friction and let God’s church burst forth, our main job thereafter becomes about either speeding it up, slowing it down (for good reason), or changing its direction.
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