"How to Live Like a Christian in a World Under Satan’s Domination." This was the topic I had chosen to address in my adult Sunday school class. Since the topic was difficult, and I wasn’t sure I had the formula myself, I decided to be “creative” and divide the class into two teams—the “Good Guys”… »
There are churches around the world where people are coming to Christ literally by the hundreds—over 800 baptisms per year.
I thought I was doing okay having led a few people to Christ in my lifetime. But hundreds, Lord?
Those churches must be doing something right. Most… »
It's frightening to realize, after years of functioning as a "good" Christian, that you have neglected the very God you thought you were serving. But that is precisely the position I'm in. Even though I have always wanted God’s best for me. Even though I… »
"Pastor," I said. "I don't believe this church will develop either in numbers or spiritual maturity unless there is a small group ministry."
He agreed with me. From his recent reading he had decided small groups were needed. "But," he continued with disarming honesty, "I don't… »
At a seminar, I heard someone talking about something his church was doing in their community. A number of people would walk (or drive) through a specific area and pray for the people in each of the houses. They called it prayer walking. And they… »
For over 25 years, I have been very involved as a lay leader in the church. For most of those years, I have worked for IBM in various professional and management capacities.
I have often been struck with the parallels between what I am doing in… »
"Les, you seem so restless these days. What’s up?”
This question from the chairman of the board of Deacons came at the end of another long meeting. Since I’d been a deacon from the age of 23, I was used to being frustrated by the slow… »
For over forty years, the church has been the center of my spiritual life. My parents took me there when I was young, and since I became a teen, I have gone by choice. All right, part of that was because I had to walk… »
The Bible tells us that Christ is the head (mind) of a body composed of all who are Christians, (Ephesians 1:22-23) and that each member of the body has an important function (Romans 12). In other words, I am a part of the visible body… »
