The Word to the World
The past ten months have been a challenge for local churches and for those called to lead them. With the implementation, subsequent adjustments, lifting, and reintroduction of lockdown restrictions, most elders feel like Ezra when he pulled his hair out (Ezra 9:3). Sometimes, we have
The dreaded announcement has come: Government restrictions on religious gatherings have been tightened. Churches are now limited to 250 persons for outdoor gatherings and 100 persons for indoor gatherings. This has presented the elders with another COVID-challenge: deciding how BBC should respond. In this article,
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. (Hebrews 13:8) Edgar Rice Burroughs famously wrote, “We are, all of us, creatures of habit, and when the seeming necessity for schooling ourselves in new ways ceases to exist, we fall naturally and easily into
Mack Stiles, one of my heroes of the faith, shares in his book Evangelism how he prays and asks God, “Do not let me go through this year without seeing someone come to Christ.” Perhaps we should pray along similar lines, “Do not let me