In the recent 2024 World Happiness Report (yes, this is a real report by serious researchers at places like University of Oxford) the Scandinavian Countries, led by Finland dominated the top 10 of countries with the happiest people. My first thought was that the cold climate forced them to be inside and nice to each other, but that can’t be correct.

On February 8th, a group of students at Asbury University stayed in the chapel after normal worship hours and continued to pray. And this sparked a revival in that place that attracted tens of thousands of worshippers from around the country over almost the entire month of February. This phenomenon spread…

Pastors and church leaders are reading and talking a lot about discipleship these days. Most view it as a means to reconnect with our congregants that haven’t returned to worship, which I think is a feasible approach. But it won’t be successful if you are…

Jesus’s instruction to his followers was filled with a lot of action verbs - go, make, baptize, and teach. So how did we turn that proactive disciple making decree into a reactive scheduling of worship, Bible studies and service, once a week, month or quarter?