Revival Inside This Uniform
During the great Welsh revival of the 19th century, some newspapermen went down from London to report firsthand the happenings in Wales.
Tapping Into God’s Wisdom
Various studies show that kids ask between 100-400 questions a day. Yet as we grow older, we stop asking questions. Why?
Mr. Irrelevant and Being Overlooked
NFL QB Brock Purdy doesn’t shy away from his Christian faith. Nicknamed “Mr. Irrelevant” due to being the last pick of the 2002 NFL Draft.
The Power of Garlic, Truth and Love
I started eating raw garlic every day for its amazing health benefits. That statement alone might make you want to take a couple of steps back.
Advent Reading Week 1: HOPE
“Just because it’s Christmas, doesn’t mean your heart don’t hurt.” It’s fitting to be reminded that everything in your world doesn’t have to be tidied up to worship the King. You don’t have to check your wounds at the door of the stable before coming in to bow down at that manger.
John Wesley: Abounding in Love
We did a sports camp at the very location in Bristol where Wesley erected a chapel and built a school in the mid eighteenth century. In the same field where Wesley and Whitefield used to preach open air to coal miners, we used baseball to demonstrate the gospel to young people.
Feeling Like You Failed Jesus?
When Jesus rose from the dead, He didn’t give a sermon to the world, He went and made breakfast for His friends, and a disgraced Peter. Peter’s whole life seems like an object lesson for so-called idiots, who tried to follow Jesus but really blew it.
Good News for the Underdogs
Text: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 “But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong…” —1 Corinthians 1:27 After winning the Breeders’ Cup Distaff two years ago, the horse “Monomoy Girl” was sold for $9.5 million. Another horse, Rich Strike, shocked…
The Greatest Testimony of Your Faith
Text: Matthew 25:1-13 “When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.” —Colossians 3:4 My fourth great grandfather, Reverend Ulrich Keener, was a Methodist circuit-riding preacher and the first resident missionary to the Cherokee. He served the Echota Mission, a church-boarding school established in 1850 for Indians remaining…
The Dating Game and Falling Into Mercy
Text: 1 Chronicles 21:1-30 “I am in great distress. Let me fall into the hand of the Lord, for his mercy is very great, but do not let me fall into the hand of man.” —1 Chronicles 21:13 The Dating Game was a TV show that initially aired in the 1960s. It can be remembered…