By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the...
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Jan 15, 2021
Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the Gospel, disciples are to be made of all nations. And He modeled that plan by teaching, training and preparing a dozen men who would then exponentially do the same with others, so that...
Jan 15, 2021
Dear Editor Cruzan: We in Salem, WV, enjoyed seeing the story of the 1947 fire in our church. Other readers might be interested in a couple of the fire memories that our older members have passed down. Those volunteers who helped remove the heavy oak pews, pulpit, communion table etc. before the falling sanctuary ceiling ruined them? They were members of the...
Jan 15, 2021
By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier this spring, celebrating a friend’s 30th birthday. The party started out in Central Park with a socially distanced picnic. It was Matthew’s first group gathering in months due to the...
Jan 15, 2021
By Katrina Goodrich Women’s Society 2,000 and some odd years ago, God’s plan to save humanity from eternal separation from Him went from potential to action. His son came to Earth, not in the form of a warrior, but as a baby—not to smite and fight but to lovingly lead people unto Himself and His Father. He was much anticipated, but not what was expected. Jesus...
Jan 14, 2021
By Pastor Phil Lawton So it’s Christmas Eve. Most of you are probably spending time with your families. Perhaps you have family that has come in from out of town and you are trying to find room in your house for them all. Maybe you will go to a Christmas Eve service where you will light candles or even have a live nativity. Whatever you do, I want you to...
Jan 6, 2021
It was a pleasantly warm Christmas Eve Night. A gentle breeze was blowing to keep the temperature at a comfortable 70 degrees. The moon peeped in and out from behind the clouds as they drifted by, casting light and shadows on the trees and plants outside. They seemed to reverberate the message that it is time…time to slow down, enjoy the moment, and enjoy...
Jan 6, 2021
By Nick Kersten In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth… When Genesis records creation, it notes that earth itself was pronounced good by God. When God makes the people, He pronounces those results “very good.” The earth was perfect, and filled with His glory. The people walked in the goodness of perfect relationship with God, and they were...
Ways To Know the Real Gospel and Avoid False Gospels By Nick Kersten Director of Education and History Even as God is in the process of saturating the world with the good news of salvation by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, there are spiritual forces and human sinful tendencies that tempt all of us to depart from “the faith that was once and...