I appreciated this encouraging article by Daniel Ritchie about how God is at work through His church. As I shared in a blog post a few months back, God is doing great things worldwide using His people—but we won’t hear about them if we just keep watching the news or reading social media.

Today’s blog features an article by Whitney Woollard titled, “Delighting in Authority: How to Create a Culture of Happy Complementarians.” My daughter Angela passed it on to me, and it’s terrific.

The evangelical landscape is littered with the carcasses of lives and ministries decimated by sexual sin. For every well-known Christian television personality or evangelical leader who commits sexual immorality, there are any number of lesser-known local pastors, Bible teachers, and parachurch workers who quietly resign or are fired for the same. 

Randy Alcorn was interviewed on the subject of stewardship and money. In this audio clip, Randy Alcorn talks about the importance of discussing stewardship in the church.

We can’t think of a better way to remember Karen’s legacy than to give in her honor towards the translation of Scripture. We were so happy that she learned of our idea just before she died and was able to respond with a smile and nod!

As I’ve told many evangelical leaders, having raised two daughters I deeply respect, having a wife I deeply respect, and working with women whom I deeply respect, I bristle at the dismissive tone toward women I hear from many male evangelical leaders.

Question from a reader: What about the chronically ill who are unable to attend any services? I’m also too ill to even have someone from a church come to visit regularly for fellowship and prayer.

Frecuentemente, como creyentes no nos damos cuenta que la mayor bondad que nos podemos ofrecer unos a otros es la verdad. Nuestro trabajo no es solo en ayudarnos en sentirnos bien sino en ayudarnos a ser buenos. A menudo pensamos que nuestras únicas opciones son: 1) decir la verdad dolorosamente; o 2) no decir nada en el nombre de la gracia. Esto es una mentira.

Beaucoup trop souvent, en tant que croyants, nous ne nous rendons pas compte que le plus grand acte de bonté qu'il nous est donné de manifester, c'est de dire la vérité. Notre rôle n'est pas seulement de nous aider les uns les autres à nous sentir bien, mais de nous aider mutuellement à être bons. Nous pensons souvent que nous avons seulement le choix entre : 1) Dire la vérité au risque de blesser, 2) Ne rien dire au nom de la grâce. C'est faux.