Friday, June 26, was a day when many Christians in America lost hope. On that day, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down one of the most important decisions in its history. In a 5-4 ruling, the Court legalized same-sex marriage across all fifty states, stating that individual states do not have the right to decide on this issue for themselves. Most states had already legalized same-sex marriage before this ruling, and the winds of American culture have been blowing in this direction for over ten years, but [...]

Why should local churches and individual Christians do things like go overseas to tell people about Jesus? Why should we raise funds and leave the comforts of home and family behind in order to tell people about the love of God in Christ? In other words, why do we do missions? There are several reasons why we should do missions. We are commanded to “make disciples of all nations” (Matt. 28:19). We know that people who die without trusting in Jesus face an eternity in hell, separated from God (John [...]