Church Planter Testimonies: Episode One| “Brian Powell” Jonny Atkinson (communications director for the Immanuel Network) sits down with Network partner Brian Powell to discuss how the last few years have been church planting in Charleston, SC.
A Very Common Clash of Culture
When we assume our own personal or cultural applications are the same as the biblical principle (sometimes we even do this in the name of fighting relativity), we tend to trample on Christian liberty and fight about the wrong things. We can divide the body of Christ over silly things like food, just like Paul warns about.
Featured Sermon: What We Value
Dennis Anderson (Pastor at Grace Evangelical Free Church, Beloit, WI) preaches from Romans 3:21-26.
The Fear-Of-Missing-Out is Biblical
We don’t like to be motivated by fear, at least not in our relationship with Jesus. Fear sounds too much like duty. We want to be motivated by love and do things because of delight. Granted, this is also biblical (2 Corinthians 5:14). But being motivated by fear is also biblical, and human.
What Four Years of Elders Meetings Taught Me About Team Unity
Here was a group of men, a group very diverse in terms of age, background, personality, and gifting. And yet they worked well together, appreciated their differences, and even celebrated them. The one gifted in preaching would praise the one gifted in systems, who would praise the one gifted in wisdom, who would praise the one gifted in the biblical languages.
Featured Sermon: The Sweetness of God’s Word
Drew McFarland (Pastor at Holy City Church, Charleston, SC) preaches from Psalm 119:103.
A Solid Piece of Advice for Living on Mission
What if we intentionally considered where we live so we can rub shoulders with more people on a daily basis creating more opportunities to share the gospel?
Podcast 22: Everyday Evangelism
Podcast 22 | “Everyday Evangelism” Andy M (director of the Immanuel Network) sits down with Network partner Nathan to discuss what living a life of everyday evangelism looks like.
New Speak
The proliferation of new words being used in mainstream media, academic institutions, and trickling down into the schools seems unending. Alongside these new words exists a cancel-culture, namely, the elimination of certain words and speech. What is going on?