by John Avant | Dec 11, 2019 | God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
I just enjoyed a very beautiful day in the neighborhood. To be honest, I never was a huge fan of Mr. Rogers. I was an older child when the show began, and I found it kind of boring. And when my own children were watching it, I wondered if Mr. Rogers was too weak to be...
by John Avant | Sep 30, 2019 | God's Kingdom First, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
The greatest spiritual movement in history … is now. Yet sadly, for those of us in America, we have to get on an airplane to see it firsthand. As evidence? What if I told you that Iran, one of the most spiritually oppressed places on earth right now, is in the midst...
by Byron Paulus | Nov 1, 2018 | God's Kingdom First, Revive Magazine, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God, Your Faith Frontier
“When are you going to get a real job?” “What about all the money you spent on an education?” “Why would you waste your business degree by becoming a missionary?” “You’re married now, and planning a family; how are you going to take...
by Guest Writer | Oct 9, 2018 | Church Leadership, God's Kingdom First, Personal Growth, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God
I talked to the lady at the hotel who puts out our breakfast. “What do you do?” she asks. We must look like a sight, scrounging around for donuts and eggs and coffee with all our ragamuffin kids. “We travel for work,” I say. But, I can tell she’s still curious, so I...
by Life Action | Jan 12, 2018 | God's Kingdom First, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God
Our God is a hospitable God. He extends tremendous hospitality to us (e.g. Psalm 23:5). He welcomes us into His presence when we come to Him through Jesus. It’s not like we have to clean ourselves up or make ourselves acceptable to come into His presence. And He loves...
by Kevin Adams | Nov 10, 2015 | God's Kingdom First, Six Responses to God
John Wesley, one of the great revival preachers of the eighteenth century, is known popularly for a number of things. This is the man who had his “heart strangely warmed” and became the preacher who would declare not that the parish was his world, but...
