Lifeway

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Most churchgoers look for time to spend with God and regularly find themselves with Him in unplanned moments.

Jesus taught that participation in the kingdom of heaven is not based on human effort, but on the benevolence of God. All of us stand condemned before God and desperately need His generous grace.

The book of Ecclesiastes says that God has “put eternity in [our] hearts” (3:11). That means that on some level the Lord has given us the capacity to grasp the infinite.

RIDGECREST, N.C. (BP) – Lifeway Christian Resources’ Black Church Leadership and Family Conference returns for a 33rd year July 20-24 to the Ridgecrest Conference Center in Ridgecrest, N.C.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. – When facing difficult circumstances, most churchgoers still trust in God’s love and provision. Some, however, begin to question God’s character and involvement in their lives, and their number has grown in recent years.

Sometimes we say that becoming a Christian is easy, but we forget that it’s also complex. Perhaps in wanting it to be easier, sometimes we have lost what it involves – confession, repentance and yielding to the work of the Spirit.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — Pastors overwhelmingly view legal immigration positively but are more divided over the proper response to those who are in the United States illegally.

When you compare the terms of the covenant, who does more? God does. Who gets more? The Israelites. What God does on our behalf has always been and will always be infinitely more than we could ever do for Him.

NASHVILLE (BP) – Don Mattingly’s belief in camps and young people as leaders led him to see possibilities others didn’t. Southern Baptists saw it with the first Centrifuge summer in 1979. It has continued, with that ministry expecting its two millionth camper this year.

BRENTWOOD, Tenn. — The less often someone shows up at church, the less likely they may be to share the opinions of those who frequent the pews.