There are times in our daily lives when we get a sense of urgency. If I’m driving down the highway at 75 mph while the posted speed limit is 55, and I see blue lights behind me, I’ll get a sense of urgency. If I went through passport control and couldn’t find my passport right […]

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On the surface, American churches appear to be thriving. They look successful, strong, vibrant, and spiritual. But nothing could be further from the truth. The reality is far more sobering. Much of the church in America isn’t on life support; it has flatlined. We are witnessing something that resembles life but lacks the very thing […]

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…And Good Evil “Woe to those who call evil good and good evil.” When Isaiah the prophet spoke these words nearly 2,800 years ago, he warned the people of his day about moral and spiritual blindness. The moral compass becomes so distorted that people, in their pride and shrewdness, would mislabel good and evil. Here […]

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Church history is punctuated by seasons of great revival that swept across the US, UK, Europe, and elsewhere. The First & Second Great Awakenings, the British Evangelical Revival, and the Welsh Revival were among the greatest because of their far-reaching and lasting impacts on the individuals, churches, and nations involved. These revivals were invariably marked […]

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Almost everyone likes to make a good first impression. God made us highly sociable beings, and most of us don’t leave our homes wondering, “How many people can I offend today?” In an effort to be seen as kind and loving, many Christians refrain from going into all the world to preach the gospel because […]

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