Links For The Church (11/4)

by Staff November 3, 2019

Are We Seeing The First Non-Christian Majority Generation?

Aaron Earls shares some statistics from studies about those who attend church. Churches can take some steps toward drawing in younger generations, such as being open to change and preaching Christ centrally.

Simple Encouragement

Friendship and encouragement are essential parts of the pastoral role. Peter Mead shares four things that encouragement is not in order to better clarify what encouragement really is. 

Why Evangelicals Need Theological Retrieval

"The individualism and autonomy of the modern West have created a sense of barrenness and a loss of transcendence." – Gavin Ortlund

No Matter How Painful the Situation, Ending a Disabled Child’s Life Through Abortion Is Never Right

Stephanie Anderson writes about prenatal diagnoses of disability and how Christians ought to think about the preservation of life. 

God Wrote A Book

"We don’t wait around for holy pleasures. We don’t passively engage God himself through his own words. We stalk. We pursue. We read actively, and study, and meditate." – David Mathis 

How does God's Word impact our prayers?

God invites His children to talk with Him, yet our prayers often become repetitive and stale. How do we have a real conversation with God? How do we come to know Him so that we may pray for His will as our own?

In the Bible, God speaks to us as His children and gives us words for prayer—to praise Him, confess our sins, and request His help in our lives.

We’re giving away a free eBook copy of Praying the Bible, where Donald S. Whitney offers practical insight to help Christians talk to God with the words of Scripture.