Efficient Church

Efficient Church · 9 min read

We instinctively tie Pentecost to that extraordinary event in the book of Acts: the Holy Spirit descending with power on the disciples gathered in the upper room.

Église Évangélique Vie Nouvelle · 11 min read

You know those Christians who seem solid, steady, present at every service, able to quote Scripture from memory, and yet they crumble at the first comment from a brother or the first bad grade on an exam?

Église Évangélique Vie Nouvelle · 10 min read

In the first two parts of this series, Gilles BONNEVEAU laid out the definitions of spiritual warfare and reminded us that the Christian's true battle isn't facing demons or sorcerers, but resembling Jesus Christ. In th…

Église Évangélique Vie Nouvelle · 13 min read

You communicate a lot in your family. You talk at breakfast, you talk in the car, you talk at dinner, you talk in bed. And yet, something isn't getting through.

Efficient Church · 8 min read

Twenty Bible verses to overcome fear, grouped in five themes: God's presence with you, the spirit of strength He gives, His peace against worry, His fight for you, and the courage He calls you to show.

Efficient Church · 9 min read

20 Bible verses of comfort for hard seasons, grouped by theme: God's presence, his peace, his renewed strength, unshakable hope, and the God of all comfort.

Efficient Church · 9 min read

Twenty-five Bible verses on who you are in Christ: new creation, adopted child and heir, seated with Christ, and sent to live that identity before the world.

Efficient Church · 11 min read

25 Bible verses on forgiveness, God's pardon, its fulfillment in Christ, forgiving others, repentance, and the freedom forgiveness brings, each linked to the full passage.

Efficient Church · 7 min read

Twenty Bible verses on joy, its source in God's presence, its strength in trials, its birth in salvation, its growth as the Spirit's fruit, and its glow in community, each with context and a link to read more.

Efficient Church · 11 min read

25 Bible verses about healing, quoted word for word, from God's promises to heal, the mending of broken hearts, Jesus the healer, prayer and faith, and the hope of complete restoration.

Efficient Church · 9 min read

25 Bible verses on prayer: God's promises to those who call on him, Jesus's example of withdrawing to pray, biblical examples, and the call to pray without ceasing.

Efficient Church · 8 min read

20 Bible verses about peace grouped by theme (peace in Christ, in trials, with others, as fruit of the Spirit, and God's promised peace), each with commentary and a link to read it in context.