Online Course: Thinking Christian
Moody Center is pleased to have strong leadership and staff who are working with other Christian organizations to serve the church. In addition to serving as Moody Center’s COO, James…
Online Course: Sermon Prep Made Simpler
Dr. Erwin Lutzer, Pastor Emeritus of The Moody Church in Chicago and board member at the Moody Center recently released Sermon Prep Made Simpler on Multnomah Plus. Moody Center is blessed to have Dr. Lutzer as a board member and pleased to see him working to assist pastors.
Where we’re headed: The future of the church in the United States, Part 3
In this third of four aspirational predictions, I’d like to suggest that the body of Christ will begin to understand that leaving the world better than we found it probably isn’t…
Where we’re headed: The future of the church in the United States, Part 2
In my first post, I suggested that the church will move away from divisive to unifying dialogue. I also noted that these predictions are rooted in my experience leaving academia…
Prayer, Obedience, and the Only Power that Really Matters
I recently taught a class with Right On Mission called Cultural Maturity. It proved to be a timely experience given our particular cultural moment as we continue to face challenges…
The Evangelist, His Chauffeur, and the Side Stop That Changed Everything
On New Year’s Eve 1949, a fiery, young southern evangelist named Billy Graham was invited to the Boston area to speak at Park Street Church as the congregation brought in…
Where we’re headed: The future of the church in the United States, Part 1
Over the past few years as I’ve been working with Moody Center, based in Dwight L. Moody’s home state of Massachusetts, I’ve had the opportunity to interact with many Christians…
Staying spiritually fit during quarantine: An exercise plan for your soul
In Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics, Samuel Wells argues that our ability to make ethical choices is seldom a question of having special resolve at the moment of decision. It…
Uncertain Times and the Need for Unity
In one of his letters to his brother George, Dwight Moody advises him about some tensions that threaten to create disunity in the church. After expressing his concern about the…
Discipleship: It’s not about me
“The trouble nowadays is that it doesn’t mean anything to some people to be a Christian. What we must have is a higher type of Christianity in this country. We…