by afladmin | Jul 9, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) The above words are sobering to anyone, but I suspect particularly for the American church. And even more particularly to us, to pastors. They are to me. For, in the main, persecution is strange, and the American church experiences very...
by afladmin | Jul 8, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) Cause I’m worn and my prayers are wearing thin / I’m worn even before the day begins. Why does a song like “Worn” by Tenth Avenue North resonate strongly? We are assaulted, as a culture, as a church, by fatigue that sears thinness into...
by afladmin | Jul 7, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) How one responds to this passage depends in large part upon one’s perception of his or her life. For one that is generally pleased with his life, the idea of death will be received one way. For one who is fed up with her life, death may...
by afladmin | Jul 7, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) Most people have, at one time or another, thought or talked or acted as if reality were different than it is. We work long hours or flirt with sin and pretend there are no consequences to our marriages or families. The same principle is...
by afladmin | Jul 7, 2025
By: Deacon Renée Beyea (MDiv) The wages of abortion is death. Most obviously, of course, it brings about the death of a baby. But it also causes significant collateral damage. Mothers can die, or be physically injured, sometimes endangering their ability subsequently...
