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Are You Reading the Bible the Wrong Way?

2 days ago | outreachmagazine.com | David Platt

Reading God’s Word is insufficient if we don’t rightly understand the context and meaning behind the words we’re reading. It is possible to read the Bible and misunderstand the point of what God is saying. Such misunderstandings can actually be harmful to our lives and our relationship with God. Specifically, we need to steer clear of these dangerous approaches to reading the Bible. The Emotional Approach: What Feels Good to Me?
Cross Church: The Courage to Step Out

2 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Pastor Jaime Loya was 20 years old when he and his wife started Cross Church in their living room in San Benito, located in deep south Texas by the Mexican border. “Our vision in 1995 was to reach our friends and family and people who are far from God,” Loya explains. “I jokingly say that I didn’t have anyone around to talk me out of it. But that’s how God works.
Transformational Faith

2 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley

The word “faith” appears approximately 250 times in the New Testament. But that word is a noun, and when you include the verb expressions of that word, there are far more. These would be words like “trust” and “believe.” Based on the number of mentions alone you’d have to include that “faith” is an important concept in the Bible. And of course that’s true. As Christians, we are people of faith. Faith is not an ancillary part of our lives but rather the driving force behind everything we do.
How to Work With a Mentor

3 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Dan Reiland

My friend and mentor, John Maxwell, has written and spoken about being mentored by the great coach John Wooden among others. Hearing this, a pastor asked me these questions: “How does one go about getting the greatest NCAA coach as a mentor? Did he (Maxwell) just ask for regular meetings and what does mentorship look like?” Good questions. I will admit that getting John Wooden as a coach is an extraordinary circumstance involving an extraordinary leader.
Red Brush Christian Church: Teens Leading Teens

3 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

Six years ago, high school senior Kay Hammond was eager to become more involved at Red Brush Christian Church in Louisville, Illinois, but wasn’t sure how, and she wasn’t the only one. Kay and 13 other junior high and high schoolers came over to her aunt Penny Arnold’s house to brainstorm some ideas“They started taking ownership, and when they realized they had a say, a purpose and a responsibility, that’s when the conversation took off,” recalls Arnold.
Ed Stetzer: Discipleship Reimagined

3 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Ed Stetzer

EDITORIALOne thing that’s become clear over the last decade is that discipleship has not held the central place it should in the life of the church. Many believers, often unintentionally, have been caught up in various agendas and passions—some of them even good things—that have eclipsed the priority of discipleship that flows from the gospel, the entire Bible, and the church. This is not to say the church has abandoned discipleship altogether, but rather that it has often compartmentalized it.
Trace Church: Waving the White Towel

4 weeks ago | outreachmagazine.com | Christy Heitger-Ewing

THE CHURCHTrace Church in Colorado Springs, ColoradoTHE CHALLENGE Find a way to encourage people to surrender to Christ.ONE BIG IDEAHave people take a free towel as a sign they want to accept Jesus. Like many pastors, Aaron Pennington of Trace Church in Colorado Springs, Colorado, needed a sabbatical after COVID-19. While away from the church, he felt God telling him that he needed to give people a clear sign and opportunity to respond to the gospel every Sunday.
What Makes Them Come Back?

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Dan Reiland

The most common reason people check out your church is someone invited them. The most common reason people leave your church is they don’t feel connected. But what are the most common reasons people return to your church after their first visit or two? Conversations about church attendance patterns are an ongoing subject and they affect how we measure guest retention rate and the length of time it takes for guests to connect within your church.
When We Enter the Present Heaven, Will We Have Physical Forms as We Await Resurrection?

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Randy Alcorn

Given the consistent physical descriptions of the present Heaven and those who dwell there, it seems possible—though this is certainly debatable—that between the time of our entrance to Heaven and our resurrection, we may be given temporary pre-resurrection bodies (Luke 16:19-26; Rev. 6:11). This fits the doctrine that, unlike God and the angels—who are in essence spirits, though capable of inhabiting bodies (John 4:24; Heb. 1:14)—human beings are in essence both spiritual and physical (Gen. 2:7).
A Unique Refreshment for the Weary

1 month ago | outreachmagazine.com | Michael Kelley

How are you feeling today? Did you wake up ready to go? Beat the alarm clock: Bounce out of bed with hope and optimism for the day? Or was it something different? There are days for all of us that just feel … weary. It’s when the action items for the day are too many to count. It’s when the burdens of friends and family weigh you down. It’s when you look at all that has to be done and you feel a near-crushing sense of anxiety. On those days, you want nothing more than for the day to not start at all.