6 Tips from a Passionate Educator on Discipling Youth
*Editor’s Note: Dr. Tamara Turner is the Chief Executive Officer of Quality Education Academy, a premier public charter school in North Carolina. She is also a Christian who teaches Bible classes and cares deeply about the spiritual survival of the younger generations. Below, Dr. Turner gives six insights she’s learned from helping to disciple the […]
Laying Down Your “Freedoms”
Lately, I’ve been wrestling with something I’m seeing in the church. I may have already lost the Western audience from the title, but I think Christians should be talking about this. The phrase “Laying Down Your Freedoms” may have brought 1 Corinthians 10 to mind. To summarize a lengthy passage, Paul describes freedoms that Christians […]
Carry Each Other’s Burdens
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” (Galatians 6:2, NIV) We are living in the most connected age in history. The lightning-quick speed of communication and the vast array of communication methods we have are astounding. I am old enough to have seen the development of many […]
Distractions: A Strategy for Diverting Our Attention from Jesus
I recently got back from a week of serving at a youth camp. It was a great experience, but it showed me how high and constant the watermark of spiritual warfare is in the church. I don’t know about you, but when I hear the phrase “spiritual warfare,” my mind usually goes straight to an […]
Doctrinal Misalignment: A Relational Approach
*Editor’s Note: This article is a helpful illustration of how two people can confront doctrinal misalignment in a relational way. The specific scenario deals with the miraculous gifts of the Holy Spirit. Please note that within RENEW.org there is a spectrum of views regarding the miraculous gifts, and there is not an official RENEW.org position. […]
A Cooperative Church
Have you ever seen a gospel lesson mirrored in everyday life? I had one of those moments hit on New Year’s. I grew up in a family that loved to play games when we gathered. At the end of the day, the game itself didn’t really matter. We could drum up competitive spirit for just […]
Led by the Spirit: 5 More Ways to Listen to the Holy Spirit
We are told throughout the New Testament that the alternative to walking in sinful ways and in the same old errors of the world is to be led by the Holy Spirit. But amid all the noise of everyday life, how do we listen to the Spirit’s guidance? In a previous article, I described five […]
The Ministry of Shutting Up
It was excruciating, frustrating, even cringe-worthy. I was in a place of business, as a customer, talking with an employee about their services. Except… I wasn’t really talking at all. She was looking at me, but it was a completely one-sided conversation. I couldn’t get a word in. In her defense, she seemed to have […]
