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My childhood church memories are now quite vague: I remember the layout of the church and Sunday school hall well, the smoothness of the wooden pews—even the smell of ...

As a child, did you ever make a pact with a friend: A promise to always do something, or to never ever do something, or simply to be friends ...

A little while ago, I wrote an article and created a list of sites called In His Footsteps: 20 Sites to Visit in the Holy Land. It was a ...

In some Charismatic and Pentecostal churches, it is common for believers to be reprimanded when they admit to suffering. Such a rebuke is especially typical when believers experience illness. ...

I grew up in a church where it was required that women and girls covered their heads during the service. It was perfectly normal for me to see my ...

Stephenson (2019, 88) maintains that there is an over-emphasis on glossolalia as the initial evidence of the baptism in the Holy Spirit, with many churches and their congregations still ...

Shortly after Peter’s confession that Jesus is both Christ and God, Jesus responded in saying “I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind ...

Years ago, while experiencing a particularly tough flare-up of my rheumatoid arthritis, I remember really struggling to worship. It was a season of increased pain (physical and emotional), frustration, ...

1 John is written to a community where sound doctrine and, by implication, sound ethics were under threat. John refers to a group who has left the community of ...

Does Acts merely record the early church’s history, or does it provide a blueprint for the church today? When reflecting on this question, it is essential to consider Luke’s ...