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  Voices: Threats to Christian unity

  Wade Berry cautions against three types of threat to Christian unity—cultural change, competing gospels and toxic ecclesiology.

  09/09/2024 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: What does the local church have to offer?

  I still remember going to video rental stores as a kid, excited to get a movie, TV show or video game to enjoy. Of course, those days are over. The…

  09/04/2024 - By Joshua Sharp

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  Voices: Worship that points the way

  Parker Bowen challenges us to consider what the place and structure of our worship says about God’s character, story and glory.

  08/27/2024 - By Parker Bowen

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  Voices: Challenges to Christian unity

  Splitting a church ought to be more difficult than splitting an atom. So, why does division seem to be the natural order for Christians?

  08/26/2024 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: Stuckey: ‘Love for the Lord and a good name’

  His son said of him, “The greatest gift our dad gave us was a love for the Lord and a good name.” How about you?

  08/20/2024 - By Johnny Teague

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  Voices: 7 marks of the church: Inspired vision

  “What was done before will not be enough to move churches into the future,” Ben Karner writes. Churches will need Holy Spirit inspiration.

  08/19/2024 - By Ben Karner

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  Voices: Defining unity scripturally

  In our individualistic, democratized society, many wonder how much we have to agree to be united. Wade Berry addresses the question.

  08/14/2024 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: 7 marks of the church: Dynamic worship

  Ben Karner, noting worship is a verb, considers the full scope of worship as described in the Bible and to be embodied by Christians.

  08/12/2024 - By Ben Karner

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  Voices: 7 marks of the church: Leadership development

  Ben Karner points to the church at Antioch as an example of leadership development in the church and suggests three guidelines.

  08/05/2024 - By Ben Karner

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  Voices: Unity: The church’s unfinished task

  Jesus didn’t simply pray for our unity. He modeled the disposition necessary if his followers are to be what Jesus wants us to be.

  07/30/2024 - By Wade Berry

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  Voices: 7 marks of the church: Purposeful compassion

  Ben Karner reminds us of the power of the early church’s purposeful compassion through giving specifically and as they were able.

  07/29/2024 - By Ben Karner

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  Voices: Filling the empty places of loss

  While on a walk through her neighborhood, Ruth Cook saw a metaphor for how people can be known by how they respond to loss.

  07/23/2024 - By Ruth Cook