It is one thing to read from a textbook how to do something; it is another thing to have a mentor show you how to do something.  As a teenager I read lots of articles on how to do woodworking.  But into my early twenties I had a brother-in-law show me how to make things out of timber.  A few years later a skilled craftsman in my first church showed me how to build furniture.  What...

Is training a normal part of your church?   You might direct traffic in the parking lot, lead in prayer, share your faith, host a small group, or serve on your church council or session.  Have you been equipped for every task you are called to do?  As a pastor or church leader do you regularly meet with people in your church to train them in and for gospel ministry? In the current series of articles we have...

Do you know what God is doing in the world?  What is his plan that has been unfolding since the creation of the world?  And where is everything heading?   Perhaps as you look at the chaotic state of our world you wonder whether or not there really is a divine plan.  We meet Job in the book of the Bible that bears his name, and he questioned over and over again whether or not God really...

Billions of dollars are raised each year through crowdfunding.  Perhaps you have partcipated in this as well.  Crowdfunding is the practice of funding a project or venture by raising small amounts of money from a large number of people.  Many people doing it really tough in life are helped when someone starts up a go-fund-me page or using some other form of crowdfunding. You might consider the giving of money at church as one form of crowdfunding. ...

In our digital and computer world we have increasingly become accustomed to 'copy and paste'.   Pictures, texts, podcasts, videos, and just about everything else.  On social media, for school assignments, at the workplace, and just about everywhere else.  Just 'copy and paste'!  Copy what you see and then paste it. But this is not new!   As human beings we are prone to copy and paste.  We see what is happening around us in our culture, and...