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1. Greg Laurie: America, It's Time to Pray Against the Panic

If you would have told me that markets would be depleted and that we could not hold church services on Sunday, I would have thought that you were an alarmist. And if you would have added that it would ...

Created on 18 March 2020

2. How Most People Miss This Crucial Element in Their Connection to God

Community is a fundamental part of God's design for humanity. Connection to other people is not optional. It is not a troublesome complication. It is part of how God has designed us. Relationship with Go ...

Created on 13 March 2020

3. Christine Caine: Why It's Important to Submit to a Local Church

We may stop going to church because one hurt us, or we may stop reading the Word because it's offensive or confusing. But then we might wonder why we're seeing no transformation or growth in our life when ...

Created on 10 January 2020

4. Joyce Meyer: One Vital Step After Salvation Is Getting Involved in a Local Church

... "To be in community with people requires some accountability, and it's good for us. It's not a matter of somebody spying on you or being nosy, but it's good for us if somebody says, 'Hey, we haven't seen y ...

Created on 26 December 2019

5. The Real Reason Rome Persecuted the Early Church

... an existential threat to society as a whole. In a sermon video clip, Packiam posits the church as a community is one of the few forces capable of "undoing" society as we know it. Packiam begins the vide ...

Created on 22 November 2019

6. 6 Types of Christian Friends You Don't Want to Be

It's a normal Friday night. Friends are eating together and hanging out. They are all believers and a close-knit group. They do a lot of life together. It's a potluck kind of night. They are bringing hot ...

Created on 25 October 2019

7. The Real Reason Well-Intentioned Christians Fall Into Moral Failure

We've been talking about a critical component to sustaining momentum in your ministry to men: relationship. There are different levels of relationships among men in the church—the guys who play at the ...

Created on 15 October 2019

8. Why Believers Must Connect Their Faith, God's Word and the Holy Spirit

...  see the precious Trinity at work. We see the Father, the Son and the wonderful Holy Spirit. The Trinity is to be the model of relational community within the church. However, it tends to be that when ...

Created on 05 September 2019

9. How Your Church Can Better Reach Your Local Community ...

Perhaps the most common question I get in church revitalization goes something like this inquiry: "What do I do to get people in the community to come to our church when our members don't live in or ne ...

Created on 13 August 2019

10. Banning Liebscher: How American Consumerism Opposes Biblical Community ...

Banning Liebscher, lead pastor of Jesus Culture Sacramento, says American consumerism—with its lack of intentionality—stands in direct opposition to biblical community. In a recent sermon, Liebscher explained ...

Created on 15 August 2019

11. Why This Group Needs the Cries of Christians More Than Ever

She opened it and saw the baby. He was crying, and she felt sorry for him. "This is one of the Hebrew babies," she said (Ex. 2:6). Our Scripture today relates to the familiar story of Moses' birth. As ...

Created on 14 August 2019

12. Vineyard Pastor Shares His Vision for Community-Based Ministry ...

Pastor Alan Scott explains the vision behind the ways the churches he has pastored have reached the community in radical ways. "We want to see every corner of culture brought back to life in the name o ...

Created on 25 January 2019

13. Francis Chan: Why Do Gangs Offer Better Fellowship Than the Church?

Francis Chan relates the story of a man who converted to Christianity after being a gang member, only to be disillusioned and disappointed when he found that the gang offered better community than the ...

Created on 13 June 2018

14. Cannibalistic Christians: The Rapidly Growing Trend That Has to Stop

Recently I have witnessed a growing trend of Christians who are attacking and criticizing other Christians. Their verbal attacks are cannibalistic. I'm sure these kinds of things happened long before social ...

Created on 07 June 2018

15. Why I'm OK With Being a Spiritual Misfit

It annoys me when Christians force people to fit in neat categories. For years we've done this with gender. I wish I had a dollar for every time a preacher has claimed that "all men hide their feelings" ...

Created on 16 May 2018

16. What to Do When You're Lonely

I hear so many people talking about their longing for community and, all too often, lamenting their inability to find it. Maybe that's you? Perhaps you're reading this because you're longing to find a pl ...

Created on 14 May 2018

17. Your Secret Source of Unwavering Strength

It's when I'm tired, hungry, wet or cold, have a sore throat, get insulted, get rejected, my plans get thwarted or a myriad of other things, that wavering in my love and commitment starts to feel like ...

Created on 09 March 2018

18. Do Christians Really Need to Go to Church?

... people who are open and transparent enough to share their lives with others. In this way, we can show love and pursue holiness as a community.   Externally, we see increasing pressure to conform to the ...

Created on 15 June 2017

19. 10 Scriptural Reasons Every Christian Should Go to Church

When generous people made a California trip possible for our family several years ago, we did the Disneyland thing and the outlet mall shopping trip and the sand-n-sea excursion. We also visited a megachurch ...

Created on 25 May 2017

20. Seeing Christ's Bride Through the Prophetic Eyes of Love

Standing in worship last Sunday, I couldn't seem to close my eyes. Normally, as the worship band plays, I often keep my eyes closed, as it helps me stay focused on worshipping God rather than people-watching ...

Created on 22 March 2017