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Jun, 01, 2010 0
Children begin to absorb values and to learn even before they are two years of age. Nursery department assistants have the privilege of being among children's first teachers to instill these values. You see, nursery workers do more than babysit.
When parents leave their precious little one with…
May, 18, 2010 0
Dealing with tragedy is an all too common experience for pastors. During such times, a pastor may feel overwhelmed at the senseless nature of the event, or at a loss to give a word of comfort that might speak to the depth of grief.
On April 7, our mid-week prayer group interceded for those…
May, 18, 2010 0
One person out of 30 commits suicide in Slovenia. Out of two million inhabitants, there are only around 1,000 Evangelical Christians.
Slovenia, the northernmost republic of the former Yugoslavia, is a small country about the size of New Jersey that lies just south of Austria and just east of…
May, 18, 2010 0
Micayla Simmons is a high school senior from Ohio who is also a full-time post secondary student at Mount Vernon Nazarene University (MVNU). Check out her perspective on life and issues facing students.
Friends and free time:
We hang out with each other at someone's house and watch movies or…
May, 18, 2010 0
Janine Tartaglia Metcalf is pastor of El Cajon, California, Church of the Nazarene. She and her husband, Ed, have two grown sons. Coming from a journalism background, she shares compelling faith and vocation stories.
Where were you born and raised?
San Luis Obispo, a college town on the central…
May, 17, 2010 0
I've been thinking about revival-maybe because it's spring and my spiritual clock anticipates a protracted meeting usually in the autumn and spring in the local church. My thinking has turned to prayer for revival. It's on my heart and mind each time I enter my daily devotional times. My Web…
May, 17, 2010 0
"Jesus is Lord!" was a common greeting among New Testament believers. They confessed a lifestyle of radical obedience to the Lordship of Jesus.
In the fullness of the Spirit
"Now Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, . . . was led by the Spirit into the wild. For forty wilderness days and nights he…
May, 17, 2010 0
Q. It seems that many who attend church as children and teens drift away when they enter young adulthood. Many churches seem to find it difficult to minister to this age group. What can be done?
A. One of the most fulfilling ministry assignments I have experienced in the local church has been my…
May, 16, 2010 0
One prominent Christian ethicist is fond of saying that the primary task of the Church is to “be the Church in contrast to the world.” What he means by this is that our witness as the Church begins with authentically proclaiming and living out the radical new kingdom that God has introduced through…
May, 16, 2010 0
The call of God is a process. Whether it is a call to vocational Christian ministry (i.e., the pastorate) or the calling to another vocation, the initial prompting, ongoing preparation, and necessary affirmation in God’s call are spread out over a lifetime.
My own calling to vocational ministry…