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 | Aug 29, 2018 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
You’re familiar with the power of the tongue as described in James 3. The passage brings us to this conclusion: “If anyone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect man, able also to bridle his whole body” (v. 2 ESV). These words are hyperbolic, making the...
by John Avant | Aug 6, 2018 | Church Leadership, Humility, Pastors & Leaders Content, Personal Growth, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
As President of Life Action, I spend much of my time with pastors—listening, encouraging, seeking to be a friend. And I have never seen a time like this in my thirty-eight years in ministry. Pastors are discouraged today at a level that is dangerous to the body of...
by John Avant | Jul 2, 2018 | Church Leadership, Humility, Personal Growth, Presidents Column, Six Responses to God
In my first year as president of Life Action, I have been blessed beyond measure by the humility of the servants who give their lives to this ministry. I often say these days that if the culture of Life Action could somehow be transplanted into every local church, we...
by Life Action | Jun 30, 2018 | Honesty, Six Responses to God
Ananias and Sapphira will forever be remembered as deceivers. Their story is told in Acts 5. Here are the lowlights: The church was young and vibrant. Believers understood their need for one another and interacted with great transparency, love, and generosity. Ananias...
by Life Action | May 1, 2018 | Forgiveness, Say Yes to God, Six Responses to God
Grudges are destructive. We’ve all seen the wreckage. Some have lost friends because of hurts that were never resolved. A former friend becomes just that—a former friend, a persona non grata, because one hurt the other and forgiveness was never sought or granted....
