Truth & Love Blog
Women of the Reformation, Part 2: Katherine Zell—Speaking Truth to Power
By celebrating the legacy of women heroes of the Reformation, we learn how to speak Gospel truth in love. Katherine Zell teaches us how to speak truth to power.
Women of the Reformation, Part I: Don’t Bury Your Talent
You may be familiar with male leaders of the Reformation, but do you know the empowering stories of the women of the Reformation? By celebrating the legacy of women heroes of the Reformation, we learn how to speak Gospel truth in love. Learn from Argula von Grumbach how to refuse to bury your talent.
This Week’s Top Five: The Best of the Best Around the Christian Net (9/26/10)
The Best of the Best Around the Christian Net links you to the top five Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
Congregational Diagnosis: The SWORD Heart Exam (C)
Many people use a SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) as their diagnostic grid for assessing their congregation. I’ve developed a SWORD Heart Exam© (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Risks, Diagnosis) for diagnosing congregational health.
What’s a Pastor to Do?
What is God’s vision for the “division of labor” in the church? To learn what God’s people are to do, visit yesterday’s post It Takes a Congregation. To learn what pastors are to do, read Want to Change Lives? To learn God’s grand calling for pastors, keep reading.
It Takes a Congregation
Learn Christ’s vision for your life in and through the church.
This Week’s Top Five: The Best of the Best Around the Christian Net (9/17/10)
The Best of the Best Around the Net links you to the top five Christian blog posts of the week—posts that provide robust, rich, and relevant insights for living.
Grace Greater Than All Our Sin
When your guilt over your sin overwhelms you, what do you do? Where do you turn? Where do you find grace greater than all your sin?
Top 100 Fastest Growing, Largest Churches Revealed
Peter Elliott at Everyday Christian reports that LifeWay Research and Outreach Magazine have published their annual issue charting the 100 largest and fastest growing churches in America.
Satan’s Deception and Sins’ Deceit, by John Newton
Since Satan masquerades as an angel of light, it should be no surprise that he attempts to deceive us into thinking that sin wears a pleasing face. Tim Challies introduced me to these insightful words by John Newton about Satan’s deception and sin’s deceit.
