As I stood to preach from Mark 6:7-13 a couple weeks ago, I shared with our church family some sobering statistics concerning the health of the church in the United States. Consider the following from LifeWay Research: Over the next …

            “And they took offense at him.” Mark 6:3 In Mark 6, Jesus returns to his hometown of Nazareth, presumably invited to speak in the synagogue. What should have been a time to celebrate the return of a hometown hero …

When Morgan Godwyn came to the American Colonies as a young minister in the mid-1600s, he came with a desire to convert African slaves to Christ. Unfortunately, his efforts were met with resistance from white slave owners, most of whom …