by John Avant | Nov 25, 2020 | Presidents Column
Try this as a trivia question at Thanksgiving dinner: What does “Mary Had a Little Lamb” have to do with Thanksgiving? In 1822, Sarah Hale was only two weeks away from giving birth to her fifth child when her beloved husband died suddenly of a stroke. She was so...
by John Avant | Nov 9, 2020 | God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column
There are times in these days when I feel kinship with a sad singer sitting on the banks of a Babylonian river asking, “How shall we sing the LORD’s song in a foreign land?” (Psalm 137:4 ESV). These are uncertain, evil, and anxious times. But today God is sovereign,...
by John Avant | Nov 4, 2020 | God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column
Did you wake up this morning anxious to see who is going to run our nation for the next four years? Only to find yourself disappointed that no one knows for sure? Nothing wrong with that. But consider these two things: This morning and every morning, we know who runs...
by Life Action | Oct 31, 2020 | Featured, Prayer Calendar
Thank you for praying for Life Action during the month of November. Below you will find specific ways you can pray for us this month. LAM Prayer Calendar November 2020
by Life Action | Oct 31, 2020 | Say Yes to God
As believers, our lives should be marked by integrity. This is true whether we’re interacting with brothers and sisters in Christ or with those who are rejecting Him. It is also true when no one but God Himself is watching. Integrity is the opposite of hypocrisy. It...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 29, 2020 | Church Leadership
To the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak; I have become all things to all men, so that I may by all means save some. I do all things for the sake of the gospel, so that I may become a fellow partaker of it (1 Corinthians 9:22-23 NASB). When any word in...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 28, 2020 | Featured
All of us are dramatically shaped by how we view ourselves. Some have too low a perspective, some too high. To be imbalanced here is harmful in either direction. The apostle Paul summed up his self-awareness in one important sentence as he wrote to the Corinthians: By...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 9, 2020 | Featured
In the profound letter Paul wrote to the Galatian believers, he reminded them that they had been set free by the grace of God. There was no need to return to the bondage of trying to live on their own, vainly seeking to make themselves right with God by their own...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 8, 2020 | Church Leadership
It’s been a problem since the beginning of time. The rise of Internet availability has made it incredibly more accessible, but lust has always been one of Satan’s most powerful tools to mar the image of God in us. Paul was intense about this because he understood the...
by Bill Elliff | Oct 2, 2020 | Church Leadership
Everything flows from the presence of the Lord. Everything. If you have Him, you have everything you need. Without Him—His life, presence, provision, and power—you have nothing of importance. Our greatest concern as pastors should be simply this: Are we personally...
