Kingdom People

What does it mean that we bear the image of God? The “default” answer of many Christians surrounds the difference between human beings and animals. Many Christians almost immediately assume that the “image of God” is what separates us from the animal kingdom, and thus our understanding of the image of God should come from [...]

Today I’m beginning a series of posts (4 actually) on ”the image of God in humanity.” We will look at the issues of “Image and Likeness,” why we should begin with Jesus when seeking to understand the Image of God, how Jesus reflects God, and how the image of God is renewed in believers. 
Although the Bible absolutely affirms humankind’s [...]

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Here’s a list of some of our favorite Christmas CDs. If you have some to add to this list, please do!
1. CHRISTMAS COLLECTION
The Carpenters
The Carpenters’ Christmas Collection is a double-CD set that includes all of their Christmas music from the late 70’s, and early 80’s. There is [...]

This is the sixth in a series of posts on The Lord’s Prayer. Click here for previous posts.
“Give us this day our daily bread.”
- Jesus, The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:11)
When the disciples heard Jesus mention “daily bread,” a festive banquet probably sprung to mind – that magnificent meal God had promised for His people, who [...]

Man’s maker was made man,
that He, Ruler of the stars, might nurse at His mother’s breast;
that the Bread might hunger,
the Fountain thirst,
the Light sleep,
the Way be tired on its journey;
that the Truth might be accused of false witness,
the Teacher be beaten with whips,
the Foundation be suspended on wood;
that Strength might grow weak;
that the Healer might [...]

In the Southern Baptist Convention, the blogosphere is both promising and threatening. To have a voice in Convention life ten or fifteen years ago, you had to climb a ladder of committees, be in a prominent parachurch ministry, pastor a growing church, or be a seminary professor or author. Not today. Any Baptist with internet [...]

As a former missionary to Romania who has experience with short-term mission teams, I can only give a hearty ”Amen” to this list of Ten Commandments for short-termers. There are teams that obey these laws and have great, effective ministries overseas. Other teams break all the commandments and their ministries suffer for it! 
1. Thou shalt always remember [...]

This is the fifth in a series on the Lord’s Prayer. Click here to see the previous posts.
“Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.”
- Jesus, The Lord’s Prayer (Matthew 6:10)
The first few phrases of The Lord’s Prayer teach us to pray to God on the grand scale. Pleading for God’s [...]

Lord,
Give us neither poverty nor riches.
Feed us with the food that is needful for us,
lest we be full and deny You and say, “Who is the Lord?”
or lest we be poor and steal and profane the name of our God.- Proverbs 30:8-9
- Prayer for the Week

“Avoid a sugared gospel as you would shun sugar of lead. Seek that gospel which rips up and tears and cuts and wounds and hacks and even kills, for that is the gospel that makes alive again.
“And when you have found it, give good heed to it. Let it enter into your inmost being. As [...]