“Keep Your Lamps Lit for Jesus’ Return”
Steven A. Bush
Are these the end times? Yes! But they began with Jesus’ first coming and won’t culminate until His second coming. And what have we to do in the meantime? Plenty!
“Saying Whoa While on the Go”
Steven A. Bush
How can we fervently endeavor to stay on mission, always on the go, always pressing on and pressing into God without becoming frantic on the one hand or complacent on the other?
“Church Beginnings”
Gene Tope
Brother Gene Tope shares some experiences that he and his wife Karleen had during their many ministry trips to Ghana, Africa.
“You Are the Light of the World”
Mark B. Thogmartin
While Jesus was on the earth, he was, actively, the Light of the World. When he left the earth, he commissioned his followers, his church, to be the light of the world. Believers shine the light by doing justice, loving mercy, and walking humbly with their God.
“Cracked Pots with Treasure”
Steven A. Bush
Sharing the Good News is sometimes difficult and full of opposition. Jesus promised such challenges but commissioned us nonetheless. Besides lacking courage, sometimes we just feel too unworthy to share Christ with others. Yet we must remember that it is ultimately God that causes light to shine in the darkness of people’s hearts.
“Changing Our Names to Herald”
Steven A. Bush
Throughout the Scriptures, God is famous for changing people’s names or giving them more than one. In a manner of speaking, God has also changed all our names to Herald. The Greek word for Herald is: “Kérux” (Kay’-roox) “A herald, preacher, or proclaimer.” We have been called to be Heralds of Good News–declaring first and foremost that God is!
“Ten Minas Plus A Handkerchief”
Steven A. Bush
Jesus certainly has entrusted much to us in terms of talents, gifts, and graces, skills and abilities, time and opportunities. Are we truly engaging in His business? There’s a deepening concern with the church’s diminishing sense of urgency while sinking ever more into a malaise of complacency.
“The Great Commission and Communion “
Steven A. Bush
Jesus was the ultimate Missionary, leaving the glorious bliss of heaven to secure eternal rescue for the likes of us. He accomplished this through His shed blood on the cross. And then before His ascension He gave us the Great Commission to preach the Gospel worldwide and make disciples from every nation.
“The Chariot Sermon”
Steven A. Bush
Following Stephen’s stoning, Saul began ravaging the church. Christians fled Jerusalem in mass, taking the Good News with them. Philip, a colleague of Stephen, went to Samaria where God used him mightily…
“Go Ye Therefore”
Steven A. Bush
Charles Spurgeon said: “Every Christian is either a missionary or an impostor.” So why do Christians become missionaries? The answer is actually simple–Jesus commanded us to go and tell and love and serve and to do that wherever there were living, breathing, people on the planet.
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