by David Spivey I might have been 8 but I haven’t forgotten it. My impressionable mind was indelibly stamped by what I saw, heard and felt that night in a little holiness church in Portland, Oregon. Our pastor, relatively young and wanting to do something to build the Kingdom, proposed something counter-intuitive to church growth strategies. In short, he scheduled a Confession Service. I know—an unusual method for winning friends and influencing people. But that’s what he did. Based on the...

by Joel Byer I am not a very good artist. This is not a statement of humility, this is a simple fact! However, I do have an 11 year old daughter who loves to draw, and over the years I have come to appreciate this talent in others even though I have little or no ability myself. While my stick figures are crooked, as the saying goes, I can marvel at the expertise of others who can take a blank piece of paper or canvas and from that develop a work of art. When I go to Scripture, I likewise can...

By Curtis Going We live in a “selfie world”…an age when social media provides a quick and easy platform to broadcast how successful, prosperous, generous or good looking we are.  In our dog-eat-dog world, people are not afraid to promote themselves, brag on their accomplishments, and do whatever is necessary to outshine the competition and stand out from the crowd.  Humility is decidedly unpopular and often misunderstood, and yet the truth remains that “God resisteth the proud, and giveth...