Hint: They aren’t biblical.
This is the third post (part 1 | part 2) in a series on why so many walk away from the Christian faith. So far, we’ve seen the author of Hebrews encouraging his hearers to pay careful attention to God’s Word. He reminds them, as he does us, how easy it is to ‘drift away’. […]
“Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.” (Heb. 2:1 ESV) We’ve seen in part 1 that it’s so easy to take the gospel of Jesus for granted. The author to the Hebrews wants us to pay careful attention to his Word. Why is he […]
I remember vividly my early days in the church. Everything was new and fresh. There was a large young people’s group and there was a real buzz about the place. It was exciting being a Christian around people like that. It made church seem like the place to be. But, as time went on, more […]
At 20schemes, we offer summer internships which have proved to be very popular and are vastly oversubscribed. Each year we wade through many applications, weeding out any potential muppets and giving priority to our church partners or people who have been on previous mission trips. They arrive mid-June all fresh faced, bushy tailed, and ready […]
This article was written by David Binder. According to Pew Research (USA) and the Office for National Statistics (ONS), Christianity in the 21st century is declining. Whilst, broadly speaking, fewer seem willing to identify themselves as Christiansas in the past, leading commentators such as Ed Stetzer have argued that Evangelical Christian numbers are stable, or […]
Gloria Furman is the author of Glimpses of Grace, Treasuring Christ When Your Hands Are Full, and The Pastor’s Wife. She lives in Dubai, United Arab Emirates with her husband Dave, a pastor, and their four children. Gloria is a member of Redeemer Church of Dubai and blogs at www.gloriafurman.com