by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
In Genesis 17 and 18, on separate occasions, both Abraham and Sarah struggle to contain their laughter at God’s promise to bless them with a son. The childless couple are nearing 100 and 90 years old, respectively. What a ludicrous idea! God has been too slow to keep...
by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
Statistics tell us 80% of North American churches have either stopped growing (plateaued) or are actually shrinking. We’re talking all churches, including those with a high view of Scripture. Just the other day I heard a pastor of a very conservative Lutheran church...
by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. —James 1:2-4...
by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
My church always has a children’s message as part of the worship service, so we try to tie it in with the sermon text for the day. One Sunday my text suggested that I speak to the kids about humility. I was stumped. “It would be nice to be able to give them some sort...
by Brent Juliot | Faith & Fellowship magazine
It was the last day for our adult Sunday School class. We’d been studying a Christian worldview in contrast with other worldviews over the past school year. As the session was ending, one person remarked, “This has been very good. But as we consider a new topic for...
