I hear it time and time again.
I sometimes wonder if those saying it really believe what they’re saying is actually true or whether they’re whistling past the graveyard as a sign of bravado.
It usually crops up when some particularly evil thing happens unchecked or there is a horrible natural disaster or a personal tragedy that leaves ...
I was struck by a recent Gallup Survey showing that in-person attendance at religious services was down by over five percent.
My first thought was that this must be yet another side effect of the COVID pandemic until I realized that the comparison was with post-pandemic numbers.
My next thought was that maybe the drop-off was because ...
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I was recently talking with friends who are pastors of a small church in the south of England and asking about developments in their congregation post-COVID.
As in so many congregations, the pandemic caused many to drop out of the habit of attending Sunday services. This was especially true of those who are older and more vulnerable. And ...
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“Good morning, brother. How are you? Are you well in the Lord?”
“I am well, thank you, without Him where would we be?”
I witnessed the exchange above between two friends prior to a Sunday Morning service of worship. They always say the same thing to each other and give the same response, but the response as a question got me thinking.
Without ...
If you read the Book of Psalms you will come to realize that about one third of them contain an expression of sorrow or complaint!
For example:
Seventy years are given to us! Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away. Psalm 90:10 NLT
I think that ...