SPIRITUAL LIFE Restore my soul: In pursuit of personal revival (Scott Hubbard at Desiring God): Maybe you overheard someone praying with simple, childlike love for Jesus, and you can’t even... read more →
Part Three in BER's Technology Series The American computer scientist Alan Kay once quipped, “Technology is anything that was invented after you were born; everything else is just stuff.”... read more →
PRAYER 9 ways to build prayer into a worship service (Chuck Lawless): Jesus strongly reminded us that God’s house is to be a house of prayer (Luke 19:45-46). Getting there... read more →
SPIRITUAL LIFE How Jesus knew the Word: His secret to Scripture memory (David Mathis at Desiring God): Biblical meditation pauses and ponders God’s words without hurry. It chews on the... read more →
by Erica Fitzgerald Smartphones crossed the threshold of our home when our firstborn was a newborn. After navigating our honeymoon with a paper atlas just a few years prior, I... read more →
Part One of BER's Tech Series by Greg Smelker I am excited to kick off a short series we are going to be doing on technology. Year after year, many... read more →
PRAYER Why doesn't God answer all our prayers for healing? (JD Greear): The phrase “prayer of faith” is only used this one time in the Bible. Some people think it... read more →
WORSHIP Order, preparation, and the Spirit’s leading (Jacob Crouch): Believing that God moves in spontaneous ways is not unbiblical or sinful, but I think it has been overemphasized. The Spirit... read more →
Jesus defines wisdom as obedience to his words—not just hearing them but hearing them and doing them (Matt. 7:24). And in the book of Proverbs it’s said that wisdom begins... read more →
In our last blog post, we dispelled the myth that porn is harmless and discussed the damage it inflicts on its users, their marriages and families, and the victims of... read more →