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Carolyn Moore

Pray To Be Dangerous.

Most of us have a desire to make a difference. George Barna, a Christian sociologist, conducted a study asking folks about their commitment to making a difference in the world.

Thank you, Jesus.

“The word became flesh,” John wrote, “and lived among us and we beheld his glory.” God — perfect in every detail — decided to be normal and called it glorious.

The only reason to believe

Lee Strobel’s masterful book, The Case For Christmas, tells of his journey from atheism to Christianity while investigating the claims of Christ. He tells the story of interviewing a guy named

Why Christmas Is Worth It

At our downtown ministry this week, I watched a precious soul rock an invisible baby while “Away in a Manger” was being sung and I was overwhelmed by the values

How to pray (when your prayer life is on the rocks)

J. C. Albert has to be one of the greatest followers of Jesus I’ve ever met. I met him in India in 2012. He was the most open, loving, friendly

The Gate of Heaven is Everywhere

I’d just finished a memorial service when a man I’d not met before walked right up and said, “I know just what you were talking about up there. I couldn’t

A Bakery, a Battlefield and a Birthplace

Bethlehem. It is so much more than the name of a middle-eastern town. Buried in this treasure of a term is the story of Christmas. Beth El in the Bible

Why I Will Go To Church On Christmas

Watch for it: a plethora of opinions will be published this month both in support and in defiance of churches holding “church” on Christmas day. Because Christmas happens to be

Transparency is the new black (or, why every church ought to make room for testimonies in worship)

It could be the imagination of a pastor who thinks her people are just the best but I would have to say that if there’s one thing we’ve done right

The most profound theological truth you’ll hear this Christmas …

I’m thinking about the two sides of me. There is the person I am and the person I want to be. Those two people are always at war with each

Brokering Hope in a Barren World

“Zechariah said to the angel, “How can I be sure this will happen? I’m an old man now, and my wife is also well along in years.” Then the angel

Making Peace (and progress) With the Mess that is Us

Funny, how we humans think. We assume we’re the only people in the world who have the kind of psychotic, illogical thoughts we have. We say, “If people could hear