Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?

By Bruce Hillman

05/09/25

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Church Attendance Increases in New Study—But Can We Trust It?

We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.

Ministry of the Church

Donavon Riley

05/08/25

Because He Lives, He Goes With Us

Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.

A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide

Seth Moorman

05/07/25

A Kingdom Without Smoke: What the Conclave Can't Decide

The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.

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Sam P. Schuldheisz

02/06/23

C.S. Lewis and the Four Loves

Love is pointing to Jesus who said, “Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends” (John 15:13).

David Schmitt

02/05/23

Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20 (Epiphany 5: Series A)

God has the power to take that which is small, that which is overlooked, that which is despised, and use it to create something wonderful.

John Bombaro

02/05/23

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16) (Epiphany 5: Series A)

Let us not recoil at the sight and sound of the crucifixion. It is the battlefield of victory. It is the throne of the King. It is the symbol of salvation.

John Bombaro

01/29/23

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:18-31 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

Christianity is not principally about ethics. It was the Cross on the Hill rather than the Sermon on the Mount which produced the impact of Christianity upon the world.

Dan Weber

01/29/23

Gospel: Matthew 5:1-12 (Epiphany 4: Series A)

I hope your people expect and even demand this of you. But how we proclaim the central message, that can (and probably should) vary.

Wade Johnston

01/20/23

The Gospel for Morons

Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.

Dan Weber

01/14/23

Gospel: Matthew 4:12-25 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

Though it may feel to us like the darkness is winning, God’s Word reveals the darkness is waning. The Light of the world has come.

John Bombaro

01/14/23

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:10-18 (Epiphany 3: Series A)

The Church becomes anti-church when the new world order Christ inaugurated by eliminating demographic division through the commonality of Baptism is exploded by allegiance to cults of personality.

Haroldo Camacho

01/10/23

Another Look at the "Loving" Expert on the Law

The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.

Dan Weber

01/07/23

Gospel: John 1:29-42 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

When all the people had been baptized, when all the people had washed the filth of their sins into the water, Jesus went into the water to draw their sins unto Himself.

John Bombaro

01/07/23

Epistle: 1 Corinthians 1:1-9 (Epiphany 2: Series A)

Human history and especially the Christian life have a shape, and Jesus is its shaper at every point, infusing even the mundane and the difficult with sanctifying purposes, ultimate meaning, and enduring hope.

Bradley Gray

01/05/23

Jesus is Better

As the writer to the Hebrews affirms, what makes the Christian gospel so much better is that we are no longer dealing with “types and shadows."

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