Feature Article
Easter? Passover? Resurrection Day?
by James R. Adams As a Christian with a Jewish upbringing, I’ve often been puzzled as to why Easter is not more prominent and central to the believer and the church as a whole? Why […]
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Feature Article
Maximizing Easter
TO SEE PEOPLE FIND AND FOLLOW JESUS by Brian Moore Don’t get me wrong, every service is important and every weekend should be treated like the “big game” for Jesus, but at Easter, crowds are […]
Feature Article
Costa Rica — the rich coast
by Jon Konnerup In October 2015, I had the privilege of visiting the rugged, rain-forested Central American country of Costa Rica. With its Caribbean and Pacific coastlines, Costa Rica — meaning “the rich coast” — […]
The Right Angle
Q. What hope does the Resurrection give for personal life change?
A. Do you ever have the attitude of the trolls in Disney’s Frozen, when they sing, “We’re not saying you can change him, ‘cuz people don’t really change.” Sadly, that is true for someone who does […]
Urban Current
God is a people mover
by Charles Lyons Her complexion suggested strong chai. Slight of build, she still easily pushed the wheelchair containing my elderly mother through Chicago’s O’Hare Airport. She had arrived less than a year ago from Myanmar […]
Baptist History
A. J. Gordon — Zealous for missions
by Doug Kutilek Adoniram Judson Gordon (1836-1895) was born in New Hampshire into a devout Christian home and was, of course, named for famous New England native and pioneer missionary, Adoniram Judson. Gordon was converted […]
AfterWords
Praying for Easter
by Randy Harp As a senior pastor, I always wrestled with the tension of how to approach Easter. There is no doubt Easter Sunday is the “Super Bowl” for American churches. For most churches, mine […]
On the Table
President Perspective
Worldwide Missions
Easter and missions?
by Jon Konnerup What do Easter and world missions have in common? Basically, everything! Easter is not just a day or an event, it is the foundation of our faith, the basis of our hope, […]