by Life Action | Feb 27, 2021 | Featured, Prayer Calendar
Thank you for praying for Life Action during the month of March. Below you will find specific ways you can pray for us this month. LAM Prayer Calendar March 2021
by Life Action | Feb 26, 2021 | Say Yes to God
Jesus was furious when He found that moneychangers had desecrated the temple, and He reacted swiftly and severely: “Making a whip of cords, he drove them all out” (John 2:15 ESV). The scene appeals to us. Evil motives were exposed, evildoers were punished. Good...
by Bill Elliff | Feb 18, 2021 | Featured
When Jacob finished charging his sons, he drew his feet into the bed and breathed his last, and was gathered to his people (Genesis 49:33 NASB). Some rarely think about it. Others fear it and fight against it. But there are those happy people on this earth who have...
by John Avant | Feb 17, 2021 | Presidents Column
Beginning in 1872 and continuing for almost 100 years, every summer, people would thrill to the sight of the Yosemite Firefall. Each night, someone would build a fire at the top of Glacier Point and then push all the embers over the cliff as people below shouted, “Let...
by John Avant | Feb 3, 2021 | Presidents Column
Opportunity is my word for 2021. Now, it may not seem like the road ahead is paved with opportunity these days. We face unprecedented political division, violence, disunity, injustice, persecution, and pandemic. But did you know, Jesus specifically told us that every...
by Life Action | Jan 31, 2021 | Featured, Prayer Calendar
Thank you for praying for Life Action during the month of February. Below you will find specific ways you can pray for us this month. LAM Prayer Calendar February 2021
by Life Action | Jan 29, 2021 | Say Yes to God
Does your approach to growing in Christ include intentional celebration? The feasts and celebrations of the Old Testament were established to be observed at certain times, never by convenience. Perhaps one of the reasons for this was so the people would be sure to...
by Bill Elliff | Jan 27, 2021 | Church Leadership
We spend our lives trying to gain certain things, and we are full of momentary joy when we get them. Our first car, our first job, our first home. Reputation, prestige, influence. The list is long. But, is it possible to have all those things and not have the most...
by John Avant | Jan 27, 2021 | Presidents Column
When the pandemic first began, I had high hopes for the American church. After all, the two periods of the most rapid growth of Christianity in history have been during and just after global pandemics! (Specifically, the Antonine plague of the second century and the...
by Bill Elliff | Jan 26, 2021 | Featured
It happened more than once. As a young boy, I would often wake up on a summer morning to a big watermelon on our front porch with my name on it. I had no idea of its source. When I got older, my pastor father told me that these had always given by Mr. Kidwell. “He’s...
