by Chris Maxwell | Oct 23, 2018 | Blog
This week’s spiritual discipleship is discernment. Instead of a blog article, today we are posting biblical references from the New Testament on this topic. We encourage you to read each one, look at the context, and study more about seeking guidance from God. All...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 14, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
This week’s emphasis is meditation. Today’s blog is originally from the book, Pause: The Secret to a Better Life, One Word at a Time. “Eastern meditation is an attempt to empty the mind; Christian meditation is an attempt to fill the mind. The two ideas are quite...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 9, 2018 | Blog
(This week’s spiritual discipline is service. Alicia Phillips wrote today’s blog.) Have you ever found yourself at the end of a rough day, when one simple act of service put a new spin on your day? Sometimes it is as simple as someone holding open the door for you,...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 3, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
From: a slow and sudden God: 40 years of wonder. silence you are too often missing among us. we raise the noise. we add and add and add more sound to keep you out. we fail to know we need you. we crave you, but misinterpret desires, crafting new trends of sound,...
by Chris Maxwell | Oct 2, 2018 | Blog, Book Excerpts
(We continue emphasizing a spiritual discipline each week. This week’s focus is on silence. Today’s comments are from Chris Maxwell’s book Pause For Moms: Finding Rest in a Too Busy World.) Seeing this chapter title’s two words, “A Retreat,” reminds me of many...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 28, 2018 | Blog
It’s easy to be excited about Jesus when what He’s saved you from isn’t far behind. Emotions can carry us for a season, but what about when life levels out? The sweet by and by is typically where we get distracted, or sadly, go back to the mindsets that ruled us...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 26, 2018 | Blog
If you were to ask any Christian whether or not worship was important, the answer would be a resounding, “Yes, of course!” However, if you then ask them to define the term worship, you might get a variety of answers. If we understand worship to be important in the...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 24, 2018 | Blog
Worship is likely one of the most overused yet misunderstood terms in the modern Christian movement. The word in its original form is proskyneō, which means “to bow down” or “to prostrate oneself.” In our Christian culture, we often hear this term associated with...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 21, 2018 | Blog
Toward the end of my time at Emmanuel College, I was invited to attend a nearby church’s revival service. A high-profile pastor was slated to preach and some friends were already planning to attend. I decided to go. The sermon began somewhere in Genesis and wound up...
by Chris Maxwell | Sep 17, 2018 | Blog
Dr. Tony G. Moon is the author of From Plowboy to Pentecostal Bishop: The Life of J. H. King. “Jesus replied, ‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind’” (Matthew 22:37; see also Mark 12:30; Luke 10:27; my...
