by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Celeste Chaguala The “Journey of Grace” is an invitation to experience a life of transformational power that changes a person from a life of sin to a life of grace—a life of unconditional and undeserved favor of God that is revealed to all who follow Him....
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: John Bowling The phrase “On the Brink of Everything” is taken from a recently published book by Parker Palmer.1 Dr. Palmer is a renowned educator, writer, and thinker. He turned 80 not long ago, and in his book, he looks back across the landscape of his...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: David Graves Our spiritual life is a journey: a journey of grace. It begins when we hear God’s call to come and follow Him, to put our faith in Jesus Christ. This was true in the life of Simon Peter. One day, he was cleaning his fishing nets with his brother,...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Scott Rainey As I began serving as the global director of Sunday School and Discipleship Ministries International (SDMI) in August 2018, many people asked me, “When you speak about discipleship, what do you mean by ‘discipleship’? Do you mean ‘Sunday School’?...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Larry Morris The topic of discipleship immediately brings my childhood to mind. I was fortunate to be discipled by my parents. My parents’ lives modeled incarnational discipleship. The activities of the week and the family conversations around the table...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Scott Rainey Jewish tradition refers to Deuteronomy 6:4-5 as the Shema. Shema is a Hebrew word that means “hear” and is the first word in this Jewish text: “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. Love the...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Louie Bustle When individuals become Christians something magnificent happens in their lives. They believe in the sacrifice Christ made to save them from their sins; they’re ready to begin a brand new life, hand-in-hand with Christ. This new chapter is...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Ágatha Heap Coram Deo is a Latin expression that means one is before the face of God. What happens when we are in the presence of God? In Isaiah chapter 6, we see the prophet before God: Coram Deo. This experience incites despair in him. As he faced...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Gabriel Benjiman Regeneration is an act of God who, by grace, gives new life to those who are dead in sin.1 The worldwide body of faith identified as the Church of the Nazarene accepts that God graciously livens those who have been spiritually dead...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Compiled by: Woodie J. Stevens Therefore go and make disciples of all nations (Matthew 28: 19). As faithful followers of Christ, we study His teachings and worship together; we sing in the choir, attend Sunday School classes, and volunteer in the nursery; we pay our...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: T. Scott Daniels James K.A. Smith opens his wonderful and ground-breaking book on worship and formation, Desiring the Kingdom, by inviting readers to imagine that alien anthropologists from Mars come to earth to study every aspect of humanity. Because...
by APRC Admin | May 29, 2024
Author: Scott Sessions My great grandfather was a sharecropper in Southeastern Alabama, near the Georgia state line. He rented a small piece of land to work, and in return, he would give a portion of his crop to the landowner at the end of each year. My great...
