- Women’s Role in the Church – We Are Missing Something! by Linda Brumley
- The One Thing Christians Need to Stop Doing Right Now — by Michael Burns
- Passing the Torch – Do We Have a Plan? By Daren Overstreet
- Avoiding the Rabbit Hole – In 3 Parts
- Which Political Party Should a Christian Choose? by Michael Burns
- Passing the Torch: Let Them Dream! by Daren Overstreet
- Passing the Torch: Are We Inspiring the Next Generation to Lead? by Daren Overstreet
- Male/Female Role Relationships in the Church – Part 2
- Can You Come Out and Play? by Jim McCartney
- A Revival of Hope in the Heart of a Black Woman
Women’s Role in the Church – We Are Missing Something! by Linda Brumley
The current conversations about using women in public worship are timely for sure. I personally do not think this is overdue, for I believe that any alteration in long-held practices is best rolled out slowly in the interest of unity so everyone can have time to...
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Family, we need to talk. This won’t take long but it is important. I’ll be brief and try to avoid that lecturing tone that no one appreciates. In the early 20th century, Swiss psychologist Hermann Rorschach developed the famous inkblot test, which soared in popularity...
read morePassing the Torch – Do We Have a Plan? By Daren Overstreet
This will be the last in my three-part series about passing the torch to the next generation of leaders. I have been tremendously encouraged by the feedback I’ve received from the two previous articles and have come to realize we find ourselves in a spot where we have...
read moreAvoiding the Rabbit Hole – In 3 Parts
Rabbit Hole! – Stop! Cease! Desist! Flee! Avoid at all costs! The old saying, “going down the rabbit hole” essentially means to follow negative thinking patterns until we are swallowed up in the quagmire of negative thinking. This depth of negative thinking produces...
read moreWhich Political Party Should a Christian Choose? by Michael Burns
I recently read an article online which mourned over the fact that millions of people claiming to be Christian voted for the democratic party again. How could they? The article assumed that this was an outrage and went on to blame...
read morePassing the Torch: Let Them Dream! by Daren Overstreet
As a person who grew up in the evangelical world, I remember vividly one of the things that specifically inspired me about the ICOC. Men and women read the scriptures, internalized them, and allowed God’s truth to blossom into big dreams and goals! It was the...
read morePassing the Torch: Are We Inspiring the Next Generation to Lead? by Daren Overstreet
An Introduction by Gordon The ICOC family of churches is facing a crisis of which too many are unaware. It is an age crisis in leadership. It is an issue all movements inevitably must figure out, and their ability to do so defines their ongoing impact. Early in this...
read moreMale/Female Role Relationships in the Church – Part 2
When I wrote the first part of what is now becoming a series, I intended for it to generate discussion and responses. To some degree, it has done that. Nearly all of the responses I’ve received directly have been quite positive, by the way, with a few exceptions of...
read moreCan You Come Out and Play? by Jim McCartney
Can You Come Out and Play? -- Spiritual Friendships When I was in the 6th grade my best friends were Mike McFadden and Mike Doherty. We were all patrol boys at our elementary school; I was the Captain, Mike M. was the Lieutenant, and Mike D. was the Sargent at Arms....
read moreA Revival of Hope in the Heart of a Black Woman
As noted in my recent post on Facebook and in the introduction to my new article regarding male and female role relationships in the church, the article grew out of a midweek outline for a lesson I taught. One sister who heard the lesson, Demerris Johnson, wrote me an...
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