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...

On June 12, 2018, over 400 pastors and leaders came together for the Life Action luncheon at the Southern Baptist Convention. Featured speakers included John Avant, J.D. Greear, and Ken Hemphill as they explored the answer to the current crisis in American evangelicalism.

You won’t find a single conversion story in the Bible where a person was only slightly changed or simply made a “better” person. God’s grace is transformative. The change He brings to each life is real, thorough, and pronounced. Can you imagine— Peter, Andrew, James,...

Byron Paulus (Executive Director/CEO of Life Action Ministries) interviewed John Avant (President of the Life Action Division) about Life Action's new vision for the future. Q: John, we both know that a movement of revival cannot be relegated to a mere formula. Yet...

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....

This week, arguably the greatest man who ever lived since the apostle Paul will be laid to rest. There is so much being written and talked about concerning all the things Billy Graham did. That is how it should be. But I’ve been thinking in the last few days about the...