Pip: Preacher's Point this week takes a World Cup detour that ends up somewhere very far from a soccer field — and very far from 1984.Mara: That's right. preacherspoint uses the World Cup's wave of international visitors as a springboard into a firsthand account of life behind the Iron Curtain, and what that contrast says … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Forty Years of Bricks
Forty Years of Bricks
I am not a fan of what the rest of the world calls “football.” I cannot tell you the score of any game played during the World Cup. However, I do love America, and I have loved seeing hundreds of short reels from people around the world talking about how great America is. I’ve watched … Continue reading Forty Years of Bricks
Podcast Episode: Signs of Backsliding
Pip: Preacher's Point has a question for anyone who's been showing up, going through the motions, doing all the right things — and feeling like something quietly went missing anyway.Mara: That's the territory preacherspoint covers this week: what backsliding actually looks like, and how the path back begins. Let's start with the signs themselves.Signs of … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Signs of Backsliding
Podcast Episode: The Call
Pip: Preacher's Point is the rare corner of the internet that asks you to sit with a question before it hands you the answer — and this week, the question is about how you actually know what you're supposed to do with your life.Mara: That's exactly the territory preacherspoint covers this week — a deeply … Continue reading Podcast Episode: The Call
Signs of Backsliding
The story of the Prodigal Son is the go-to story of a backslider in the Bible. The man demands his inheritance early. Dad gives it to him, and he is off to the party life. Wine, woman, and song become the norm. Eventually, the money runs out, and the fellow finds himself working on a … Continue reading Signs of Backsliding
The Call
I’ve written a lot recently, encouraging Christians to follow the steps in Romans 12:1-2 to “prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.” Those steps are being a living sacrifice to God, not being conformed to this world, and being transformed by the renewing of your mind. I’ve been asked, “What … Continue reading The Call
Podcast Episode: Knowing God’s Will For Your Life
A summary of this week's Preacher's Point - Knowing God's Will For Your Life. Pip: Welcome to another pass through Preacher's Point, where the questions are eternal and the answers, it turns out, require some homework. Mara: preacherspoint tackles one of the most searched questions in Christian life this week — how to actually know … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Knowing God’s Will For Your Life
Podcast Episode: Faith, Prophecy, And Calling
A summary of Preacher's Points that were posted during the last 30 days. Pip: Forty-one years of Sunday sermons, a mortgage burning, and a creek too cold for baptism — Preacher's Point has had a month. Mara: preacherspoint covers a lot of ground this episode: what the church's anniversary reveals about calling, where current events … Continue reading Podcast Episode: Faith, Prophecy, And Calling
Knowing God’s Will For Your Life
Christian, do you know what God wants you to do, what He created you to do? God does call people to preach. God calls people to leave family and possessions behind and move to a foreign land to spread the gospel. God calls people to work or volunteer at Church; things like cleaning, teaching, cooking, … Continue reading Knowing God’s Will For Your Life
Iran: How Does It All Fit?
In January 2016, I was talking with then-Indiana Governor Mike Pence. We were talking about the nuclear deal President Obama made with Iran six months earlier. Knowing that Governor Pence served in the US House of Representatives and knowing from Scripture that Iran, along with Russia, Turkey, Libya, and several other nations, will invade Israel … Continue reading Iran: How Does It All Fit?
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