Are you an evangelist? Probably not. We hear stories of someone on an airplane talking with a seatmate and leading them to Christ. Most of us feel guilty when we are challenged to do such ministry. It is one of those “shoulds” that are often laid on us but really don’t change our behavior. By one estimate, much less than …
Military history fascinates me. It presents real-life stories of leaders making decisions and facing the consequences in terms of reaching some objective. The strategos, in Greek, is the general who makes the big decisions about where to place troops and equipment and when to go into action. In the Korean War, the Allied forces were …
“Nothing has a greater impact on spiritual growth than reflecting on Scripture.” Such is the conclusion of a massive study that gathered data from participants in 1,000 congregations of a cross-section of Protestant denominations. Note the keyword “reflection” on Scripture. God’s Word comes in two forms. One is the familiar Bible of almost 800,000 words and over …