In all times, and especially during a pandemic or persecution, it is better for churches to focus on making disciples, not on building and maintaining structures. However, some structure is necessary to send out missionaries to make disciples elsewhere. In Acts 13:1-5 we meet the first church that sent out its own missionaries.
In his final sermon in Haggai 2:20-23, the prophet continued to show how God would shake things up in order to bring in his...
Even though it was hard for the Hebrew slaves to see it, and hard for us sometimes, God does care.
This first parable from Matthew provides the key to understanding all the parables and to entering the kingdom of God.
