by Life Action | May 4, 2016 | Church Leadership, Life Action Podcast, Revival
Revival—enjoying the presence of God—is something only God’s people can experience. But our Enemy is proficient at stealing the joy of God’s presence from our lives. This is Week 1 of a 12-week series entitled Seeking Him. Today Byron Paulus, Executive Director of...
by Bill Elliff | Apr 22, 2016 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
The Whispering Assault on God’s Lovingkindness by Bill Elliff The Great Liar is relentless in his assault on the One whose throne he longs to dispossess. We were designed to praise God—to give Him glory in the highest order. To abort that and to continue to use us for...
by Bill Elliff | Apr 8, 2016 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
“Keep your way far from her and do not go near the door of her house” (Proverbs 5:8 NASB). Not long ago I had the most gut-wrenching counseling task (once again) in my life: trying to help a pastor who had fallen morally. God exposed him, as He always does, and he...
by David Bryant | Mar 25, 2016 | Church Leadership
The Bible is preeminently a book about hope. It affirms that almighty God is at work within history to bring forth a future in which all things will be made new. In fact, Christ summons us to become co-laborers with Him in birthing this new order in our lives, our...
by Bill Elliff | Mar 11, 2016 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
God has created every man for eternal purposes. Recorded in the history of heaven are their callings and a record of their work. The beginning of the book of 1 Chronicles seems like a random genealogy, but it is there to remind us of the importance of every man...
by Bill Elliff | Feb 26, 2016 | Church Leadership, Personal Growth
He said, “My presence shall go with you, and I will give you rest.” Then he said to Him, “If Your presence does not go with us, do not lead us up from here. For how then can it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and Your people? Is it not by Your...