Posted in Ethics, Parenting on September 22nd, 2008 14 Comments »
(By Kurt Gebhards)
* Kurt serves as the Pastor of Children’s Ministries at Grace Church.
One dynamic of Children’s Ministries at Grace Community Church is that most of the children we minister to come from Christian families. Many of them are blessed with the sound and systematic teaching from God’s Word both at home and in the [...]
Posted in Ministry on September 19th, 2008 9 Comments »
(By John MacArthur)
J. H. Jowett once said, “The real measure of our wealth is how much we would be worth if we lost all our money.” He was right. Earthly riches or the lack of them has nothing to do with real wealth. The only treasure that matters is the treasure you lay up [...]
(Review by Nathan Williams)
In Search of a Confident Faith by J.P. Moreland & Klaus Issler
There may be no more misunderstood word in American culture today than the word faith. Many people use the term, but few grasp the biblical teaching about what constitutes genuine faith.
In their book In Seach of a Confident Faith, J.P. Moreland [...]
(By Nathan Busenitz)
It was June 15, 2000—just over eight years ago—when James Montgomery Boice entered his heavenly rest. That same day marked the beginning of that year’s Ligonier National Conference in Orlando, Florida. The theme was “Upsetting the World” and the speakers included an all-star line up as men like R.C. Sproul, John Piper, Sinclair [...]
Posted in Cultural Issues on September 16th, 2008 7 Comments »
The following is adapted from the Grace Church elders’ distinctive on “The Role of Women.”
Although women have traditionally fulfilled supportive roles in serving the church and gained their greatest joy and sense of accomplishment from being wives and mothers, the feminist movement has successfully influenced many women to abandon these divinely ordained roles.
Unfortunately, this [...]