Category: Practicality

Here are the areas of success and opportunity for Slavic Churches in America:

There has been a huge brouhaha brewing over whether followers of Jesus should withdraw their patronage from companies that are not explicitly Christian. Is this a Biblical mandate or a matter of individual conscience? What do we do when companies that we frequent on a daily basis or use their products on the regular – propose or promote an…

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The default mode of the human heart and the most wide-spread mode of most humans is discontentment. Every time I meet someone who makes over a million a year, they are envious of their peer who makes ten million.  Those who take the metro are envious of those who drive their Mitsubishi and still those…

Hello — Thank you so much for making this blog a part of your daily reading content. I truly appreciate it! Below are the top ten most visited posts from 2012. If you have been a regular reader of the blog, I am sure you will recognize why these were the most popular. If this…

Our problems do not come from a political system but rather from our core belief system, tainted by sin – from which only Jesus can save.

The obsession with “new” is not something brought on by a consumer culture but actually instilled in us by our Creator – because we were made in His image. He is a creative God that makes all things new. The problem is when we pursue new things that are an end in and of themselves.…

Most Jesus loving Christians have a strong opinion about Halloween. Some have already printed a sign to post on their front door that will read “We Do Not Celebrate Halloween.” Others have already bought a Spider man suit, anxiously awaiting the dawn to turn into dusk. Some vehemently argue that celebrating Halloween is like having a date with…

Every time you say YES to something, you are simultaneously saying NO to something else. Be sure that whatever you said YES to outweighs in terms of importance that which you said NO to, albeit even subconsciously. Learning to say NO to good things so that you can say YES to great things has everything…

Happy Friday! Thank you for sticking with this entire series. My sincere hope is that it encouraged and inspired you. There is a premature satisfaction that can happen — when we share our dreams with someone — before we actually put in the work to make them happen. We find more pleasure in sharing with…