4 Things You Need to Start a Life-Changing Sunday School

4 Things You Need to Start a Life-Changing Sunday School

You don't have to look far to see that there is a serious moral decline in our families and in our culture. American Christian revival movements have historically happened within a certain context that is no longer present in the United States—a cultural base of...

Church Goals – You’ve Shared the Gospel. Now What?

Church Goals – You’ve Shared the Gospel. Now What?

What is your church’s agenda? What function does it serve? What are its goals? Paul's Goal as an Apostle In Colossians 1 Paul divulges his goal, his agenda, what his total program is about as an apostle. Surely the purpose and function of the church ought to be...

Psalm 116: What You Need to Know

Psalm 116: What You Need to Know

Psalm 116 has much in common with other thanksgiving Psalms, but it also has an element that’s a bit unusual: the Psalmist identifies the specific reason for his thanksgiving. He was near death, he cried out to the Lord for rescue, and the God of covenant mercy,...

Psalm 117: What You Need to Know

Psalm 117: What You Need to Know

Psalm 117 is the shortest Psalm in all of the Psalter. In fact, it’s the shortest chapter in all of the Bible—but there’s a lot more meaning packed into this short Psalm than you may have realized: Praise the Lord, all nations; Laud Him, all peoples! For His...