Standing on a bridge, ready to throw away God’s great gift—life—George Bailey realizes that life is wonderful and worth living. The holiday classic film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946) may feel out of place this year. 2020 has been tainted by a pandemic,...
Wherever Paul went on his missionary journeys, God raised up other Christians to assist him. In Acts 18, we see that ecclesiastical synergy at work again. At this point in his second missionary journey, Paul was in the city of Corinth, which was infamous for its...
Ken Boa reviews the previous session’s discussion of counseling and servant leadership. He then moves into a discussion of accountability in the body of Christ. This area can be taken to an extreme; some totally ignore accountability to others, while others take a...
Ken Boa reviews the previous session’s discussion of mentoring, including tips on how to make mentoring effective. He then moves into discussion of counseling, another form of soul care, followed by a teaching at the end on servant leadership (another aspect of care...
Ken Boa continues to discuss soul care, an aspect of true Christian community that involves relationships for the purpose of personal spiritual growth. Paul, Barnabas, and Timothy serve as a model for mentoring: all of us need a person further down the road in the...
