S. Michael Craven

• 11/04/2009

  Life Together: The Difference Between Doing Church and Being the Church

  This is why marriage both as an ideal and in reality should matter to the church, because its condition within the body of Christ either serves or opposes the gospel of the kingdom.

• 10/20/2009

  Hope for the Future

  It has become all too easy for Christians to fall into a state of pessimism — even despair — over the state of our culture today.

• 10/13/2009

  Heroism Redefined

  A recent study reports that rock and pop stars are "more than twice as likely to die an early death."

• 10/05/2009

  Where is the Church in the Midst of Our Marital Crisis?

  Too many churches and leaders, it seems, are disengaged from the spiritual warfare raging through families in the church.

• 09/28/2009

  I Thought Jesus Came to Keep Me From Suffering!

  The issue of marriage within the church is not about the preservation of a tradition or institution.

• 09/21/2009

  Does God Expect Me to Stay Married to a Jerk?

  Years ago, a family therapist was asked, "What are the top three causes of divorce?" to which he replied, "Selfishness, selfishness, selfishness!"

• 09/14/2009

  Creating a Culture of Marriage

  How can the church expect the world to honor the marriage covenant when we do not?

• 09/11/2009

  No-Fault Divorce is Institutionalized Evil

  No-fault divorce is much more than just divorce; it is a legal tyranny that denies the fundamental right of due process to a defendant.

• 08/31/2009

  Discipleship is Evangelism

  We have tried to condense the gospel to the most basic “facts” about Jesus, formulate simplistic mediums or tools for the conveyance of these facts

• 08/26/2009

  The Kingdom Comes Forcefully

  For all who have entered the kingdom, this moral decision must be confronted: passivity versus action.

• 08/17/2009

  Sending Our Children

  You may wonder if serving in the military serves the kingdom.

• 08/11/2009

  Serving the World, Loving Others

  Now I want to address the second way in which the church bears witness to the gospel

• 07/29/2009

  Proclaiming the Kingdom by Caring for the Aging

  More Americans will enter the ranks of the elderly than ever before in history.

• 07/20/2009

  Love Believes All Things

  If love believes all things and love is our motivation, then suspicion has no place.

• 07/16/2009

  This Beautiful Mess

  The beauty emerges as a people once teetering on the edge of destruction are brought by grace into a new life together in Christ.