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Why We Keep Singing Together: The Heart of Worship

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

By Jason Brown Matt Redman penned these powerful opening words to the song, The Heart of Worship, in the late 1990s. These lyrics reflect what our attitude should be regarding worshiping together today: When the music fades All is stripped away And I simply come Longing just to bring Something that’s of worth That will bless your heart I’ll bring you more than a song For a song in itself Is not what you have required You search much deeper within Through the way things appear You’re looking into my heart… 1 When I think of worship, I immediately envision a congregation standing together [...]

Why We Keep Singing Together: The Heart of Worshiplisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

Why We Keep Singing Together: Building Each Other Up

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

By Loren Gjesdal My local church’s worship team is really tremendous. Vocals, drums, guitars, piano—all very talented. Yet they just can’t quite measure up to my favorite worship band and they rarely play any of the songs on my faves list. Don’t get me wrong, I like our pastor (oh, wait, I am the pastor) but he just can’t hold my interest like Louie Giglio. To experience the most impactful Sabbath worship I choose to stay home and view worship concerts on YouTube and stream the latest Giglio sermon on Facebook. It’s so restful! Isn’t that the purpose of the Sabbath anyway? Maybe this isn’t [...]

Why We Keep Singing Together: Building Each Other Uplisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

Why We Keep Singing Together: Examining Our Approach

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

By Michael Mancha Growing up in the current American Christian landscape, there are so many things that become staples of church and faith. They are so ingrained into the fabric of one’s faith that they are often inseparable from what is truly faith and what is a religious tradition. Singing corporately can become such a tradition that it tears away from its meaning and its tie to faith. This is the crossroads where we find ourselves. How do we navigate a universal function of the corporate body that our culture is slowly viewing with lessening fervor? Is singing in a church [...]

Why We Keep Singing Together: Examining Our Approachlisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

Baptism Debates: Worthwhile Questions to Consider — Part 2

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

By Israel Steinmetz Water baptism has been consistently practiced by the Church throughout the entire history of the Christian faith. It is practiced by the vast majority of those who call themselves Christians—whether Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox. However, the method, subject, formulas, agent, effect and meaning of baptism have been issues of debate throughout Christian history, particularly since the time of the Protestant Reformation. If one seeks to understand or explain what baptism means they find themselves perplexed by a host of other questions that influence—to varying degrees—their answer to the question. In this two-part series we will explore six primary [...]

Baptism Debates: Worthwhile Questions to Consider — Part 2lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

Baptism Debates: Worthwhile Questions to Consider — Part 1

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

By Israel Steinmetz Water baptism has been consistently practiced by the Church throughout the entire history of the Christian faith. It is practiced by the vast majority of those who call themselves Christians—whether Protestant, Roman Catholic, or Eastern Orthodox. However, the method, subject, formulas, agent, effect and meaning of baptism have been issues of debate throughout Christian history, particularly since the time of the Protestant Reformation. 1 Who may be baptized? Believers only, or infants as well? Who may baptize? Clergy or laity? What does baptism effect, that is, is it salvific or symbolic? Should the one being baptized have water sprinkled [...]

Baptism Debates: Worthwhile Questions to Consider — Part 1lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:06+00:00

The Church and Mental Health

lisaauthor2025-05-08T20:31:13+00:00

This webinar explores the ways an isolating event like COVID-19 have pushed mental health needs to the forefront in our culture. Join us as our panel of mental health professionals discuss topics of mental health such as: how leaders can move past the stigmas of mental health in their selves and those they serve, how to thrive and flourish in challenging circumstances, how to respond to serious mental health trauma and more. This webinar includes a downloadable handbook as well. You can register to view this webinar for free at: https://my.artioscollege.org/en/resources/23#resource This webinar was made possible by donors who recognize the [...]

The Church and Mental Healthlisaauthor2025-05-08T20:31:13+00:00

The Church and COVID-19

lisaauthor2025-05-08T20:31:37+00:00

This webinar explores the ways the Church can respond to such life-altering and divisive events as COVID-19. Though deeply challenging in many ways, even events like COVID-19 and its fall-out provide the church and God many opportunities to continue the work of the Mission of God. You can register for free to view this webinar at: https://my.artioscollege.org/en/resources/10#resource This webinar was made possible by donors who recognize the value of this type of resource. To help us continue to make resources like this available, make a donation.

The Church and COVID-19lisaauthor2025-05-08T20:31:37+00:00

Jesus’ Secrets to Saving Parents’ Sanity

lisaauthor2025-08-18T21:14:11+00:00

By Amber Riggs Being a parent is intimidating. It isn’t just the funhouse of potty-training, bedtime (why won’t they sleep?!), sibling squabbles, schoolwork, table manners, and housework that threaten my sanity…it’s the knowledge that I have to navigate this maze of mirrors while actually teaching them things. Important things. I have to teach them, these four daughters of mine, not just to master basic life skills, but to follow Jesus without my daily coaching. Oh, and keep them alive. That’s a lot of pressure. Pressure I could easily crack under. Of course, my newsfeed and Google are always faithfully standing by ready to identify [...]

Jesus’ Secrets to Saving Parents’ Sanitylisaauthor2025-08-18T21:14:11+00:00

Becoming a Better Christian Leader: My Experience as an Artios Student

lisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:07+00:00

By Steven Zuraff Do you feel called and want to be a leader and serve your local church and community? Artios Christian College will help you succeed! Hi, my name is Steven, and I’d like to tell you about my experience as a student of Artios Christian College. I started my training by driving with my wife in 2006 to attend a summer session in Denver, CO when it was called Ministerial Training System (MTS). Quite a large number of brothers traveled to Denver for training that summer. My wife served with other ladies in the kitchen of the Denver church preparing [...]

Becoming a Better Christian Leader: My Experience as an Artios Studentlisaauthor2025-02-14T16:19:07+00:00

Why Get Off the Couch and Go To Church?

lisaauthor2025-08-18T21:14:46+00:00

By Loren Gjesdal As a pastor who found it necessary to call a congregation back to church in person after doing church online, I realized that it wasn’t enough to simply say “We’re open, you can come back now.” I realized it was going to be essential to answer the question, “Why?” “Why should I get off my comfortable couch, dress up, drive over, and do the same thing in a pew instead?” The Biblical answer is simple and clear: because you’re needed here! God’s plan is for every member to be a minister. The Reformers called God’s plan the “Priesthood of All [...]

Why Get Off the Couch and Go To Church?lisaauthor2025-08-18T21:14:46+00:00

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