by Greg Burdine | Jun 17, 2015 | Current Issues
While on vacation I reread ‘Through Gates of Splendor’ one week before the author, Elizabeth Elliot, passed away (6/15/15). It is an inspiring story of the martyrdom of 5 young missionary men in the jungles of South America. Elizabeth was the wife of one...
by Greg Burdine | Jun 15, 2015 | Christian Living, Sermon
Does your life sometimes make no sense? Stuff happens that definitely is not what you had planned. I remember when my dad died when I was only 32 years old. I actually argued with God about what He was doing in my life. Didn’t He know how this would affect me...
by Greg Burdine | Jun 12, 2015 | Christian Living, Family
Abe Lincoln said, “In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all; and, to the young, it comes with bitterest agony, because it takes them unawares. The older have learned to ever expect it.” President Lincoln was right, the older we grow the more often...
by Greg Burdine | Jun 10, 2015 | Christian Living
Churches used to have a Spring & Fall Revival every year. The purpose was to inflame the spiritual passions of believers, with a ripple effect of reaching the unsaved for Jesus Christ. Though corporate revival services are great, it is important for each of us to...
by Greg Burdine | Jun 8, 2015 | Christian Living, Church
The greatest need in evangelical churches is the release of members for ministry. A Gallup survey discovered that only 10% of American church members are active in any kind of personal ministry and that 50% of all church members have no interest in serving in any...