May God bless and keep you as you serve him and worship him this weekend.

(Yesterday on the blog: Brave by Faith)

Love People, Not the Idea of People

There’s an important distinction to be made between loving actual people and loving the idea of people.

An Essential Part of Planning Your Preaching

H.B. Charles advocates planning your preaching and offers a good reason to do so. “There are multiple benefits to developing a preaching plan. It saves time. It relieves stress. It allows you to work ahead. It enables you to be intentional about the diet you feed your congregation. And it gives you the opportunity to collect resources for effective preparation. But there is another reason for planning your preaching that may be most important: A preaching calendar helps you to plan when you are not going to preach.”

China’s Rush Into Africa, Explained.

One thing I hadn’t expected when I first began to visit Africa was to see so many Chinese people there. This video explains how and why that has become the case.

How Do I Study the Bible with Others?

Glenna Marshall explains how she studies the Bible with others. If you’ve thought


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