Pastor, allow your church minister to you. In doing so, you honor your people with the opportunity to fulfill the Word of God: “Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ” (Gal 6:2).

I love Jesus. I love God. I love people. But I don’t love packaged Christian answers. They tie everything up in a nice, neat bow and make life a little too tidy.

The church in Algeria is facing persecution as the government seals the buildings of churches throughout the country. Church leaders believe the action comes in retaliation to a sit-in they participated in.

Tourists from the U.S. will now be able to visit Saudi Arabia. Of interest to Christians are the handful of places believed to be the biblical sites of events such as Moses splitting the rock for water and receiving the Ten Commandments.

“There’s no case that can be made biblically for a woman preaching….end of discussion,” John MacArthur said to a laughing, cheering crowd at the Truth Matters Conference last week.

Marcus Bieschke, the lead pastor of Willow Creek Crystal Lake, announced he is resigning from his position at the church, saying that his values do not align with the church's "current direction."

So why are there so few single men in missions, or in the missions pipeline? The most common answers are: pornography, student debt, and bad dating choices. Pornography is chewing at the root of the church, so it is no surprise that the effects are being felt in the Great Commission effort as well.

In this post, I will not be answering every question you or I might have about speaking in tongues, but I do hope to point out four features of this chapter, features which should shape our hearts and guide our discussion about speaking in tongues.