Look here, you rich people: Weep and groan with anguish because of all the terrible troubles ahead of you. Your wealth is rotting away, and your fine clothes are moth-eaten rags. Your gold and silver are corroded. The very wealth you were counting on will eat away your flesh like fire. This corroded treasure you have hoarded…
Month: August 2022
How Inflation is Affecting Charitable Giving
WealthManagement.com weighed in this week on the 2022 Giving USA report with some important insights. In a post titled How Inflation is Affecting Charitable Giving, the authors noted that while inflation may not reduce the charitable intent of generous people, inflation has reduced the impact of the charitable giving dollar. The same dollar given in…
Lifeway Research on Women in Church Leadership
According to a study released by Lifeway Research this week, not much has shifted in terms of acceptance of women in church leadership. The report states that Mainline denominations continue to set the pace, with some 76% affirming of women in the role of Senior Pastor, while 44% of evangelical denominations affirm the same.
Planning vs. Presumption (James 4:13-17)
Look here, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we are going to a certain town and will stay there a year. We will do business there and make a profit.” How do you know what your life will be like tomorrow? Your life is like the morning fog—it’s here a little while, then it’s gone. What you…
On Slanderous Speech (James 4:11-12)
Don’t speak evil against each other, dear brothers and sisters. If you criticize and judge each other, then you are criticizing and judging God’s law. But your job is to obey the law, not to judge whether it applies to you. God alone, who gave the law, is the Judge. He alone has the power to…
Where is The Growth of Nondenominational Churches Coming From?
Christianity Today recently posted research on the growth of nondenominational churches and where their growth is coming from. Their research reports that even though mainline denominations appear to be in a death spiral, those who leave the mainlines are not necessarily jumping to the trendy, new nondenominational congregations. Rather, they are identifying as the growing…
