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Inexhaustible: Leading Worship without Growing Tired A few weeks ago, I was putting together the pieces for a Sunday morning worship service. Though we don’t always plan our services to be strictly thematic, I felt this particular theme was strong and could easily be supported with songs that mirrored that same theme. As any worship leader and musician would admit, when... 
Corey Scott 
How Do I Discern God’s Voice from the Rest? How do we know when God is speaking? How do we know it is Him and not some misguided internal voice of our own making? When we make big decisions, how can we know we are making the right choices? When I was in high school, I played the trumpet in the jazz band. I... 
Joel Singleton 
How God Used My Miscalculation, an Awkward Prophecy, and a Crowded Capital I’m going to tell you 3 stories. Hang with me until the end, and you will see 1) how they fit together, and 2) why you can trust God. Story #1 – A Miscalculation I went to high school at the Rift Valley Technical & Secondary School (RVTS) in Eldoret, Kenya. Students who were admitted... 
Stephen Muhota 
Defeating Anxiety: Not an Either-Or Do you struggle with anxiety or depression? Many Christian leaders (and their followers) do. I’ve written especially for people who doubt their faith, or their faithfulness, because they are taking prescription meds for anxiety or depression. I have also written for those who have rejected medication on the basis that they think it is not within... 
Ralph Moore 
Letter to a Woman Who Wants to Be a Missionary My dear, passionate, committed, global loving friend, You may feel that there are few who understand your purpose as you embark on this adventure in missions. And many don’t. Don’t get discouraged, though, for there are still some who do, and you’ll find them, little by little. God has set you apart for just the... 
Katie W 
Thank God We Took Our Youth Seriously The majority of churches in the United States have more gray hair, walkers, and oxygen tanks than young people. Churches are dying and closing their doors daily. Many churches are doing little to nothing to ensure that young people know Christ and become committed to his mission of making disciples. Unless we choose to have... 
Kerry Cox 
Promise Keepers: The Beginning We proclaim Him, admonishing every man and teaching every man with all wisdom, so that we may present every man complete in Christ. For this purpose also I labor, striving according to His power, which mightily works within me. – Col. 1:28-29 I was one of the founding leaders of the Promise Keepers Men’s Movement... 
David Roadcup 
What Is the “Person of Peace”? Jesus instructed his disciples to search for a “worthy” person, or a “person of peace,” when they visited a village (Matthew 10:11; Luke 10:6). They were to “stay” with the worthy person until they left. This person of peace often opened the way for the Gospel to enter one’s social group or even a village.... 
Tom Marshall 
Behold the Family of God She clung to life with a fierce diligence. It was as though she refused to leave this life before having one last opportunity to see her daughter. To speak important last words. Some would say she willed her heart to keep beating. But those of faith would say it was the grace of God granting... 
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I Will Not Put Those Shackles Back On Christianity has a message of freedom. So why do a lot of people experience Christianity as bondage? The early church was tempted to turn Christianity into following Christ plus following numerous nonessential rules. Some early Christians communicated that new believers needed Christ plus circumcision and other cultural add-ons from the Law of Moses. This “Christ... 
Orpheus J. Heyward 
Do You Feel Forgotten? Months ago, I was digging into the story of Hannah from 1 Samuel. Unable to have children, she cried out to the Lord who gave her baby Samuel. It’s an amazing account of her faith and perseverance, as well as God’s love and miracle-working power. Many of us know the story in its entirety, so... 
Megan Nelms 
A Brief Biography of St. Paul It would be difficult to exaggerate the impact that Paul had on Christianity. His attacks on the church prompted the first missionary activities. His conversion and subsequent preaching transformed the Jewish messianic movement into a universal religion. His intellectual genius was embedded in his thirteen N.T. letters which became a cornerstone for church doctrine and polity. Next... 
Mark Moore 
The 3 Spheres of Addiction *Editor’s Note: Because addiction can disrupt our ability to submit to God and to love ourselves and others well, followers of Jesus do well to understand the subtle causes of addiction. The following is an excerpt from Renew.org resource Untangling Addiction, by Dr. Marcus De Carvalho, M.D. So, what is addiction? Before we answer that question,... 
Marcus De Carvalho, M.D. 
Jon Sherwood 
Freedom Doesn’t Mean What You Think It Means Freedom is doing whatever you feel like doing, right? People who do whatever they feel like whenever they feel like it are the truly free ones, right? Actually, that’s the quickest way to bondage. In fact, you’ll find the longer you live that you are owned by something. As the Apostle Paul put it, “You... 
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