INHERITANCE magazine

It is back to school time! When I think about going back to school, the first thing that comes to mind is a new beginning. With last school year behind me, and the summer limbo waiting stage over, I feel ready to officially start something new.  It’s almost as if I am waiting for my life to begin again. Summer [...]

“Word and worship belong indissolubly to each other. All worship is an intelligent and loving response to the revelation of God, because it is the adoration of His name. Therefore, acceptable worship is impossible without preaching. For preaching is making known the name of the Lord, and worship is praising the name of the Lord made known.” – John Stott [...]

Hi guys! My name is Sam, and yes, I’ve been called Sam I Am before. Feel free to run with it, but most people find Sam is much simpler. You know, fewer syllables. Rather than starting off cold, I thought I’d take a leaf from my friend and brother Nathan’s book and tell you about what God has done in [...]

Hey guys! My name is Nathan and I thought I would share my testimony as a way of introducing myself. As a former pastor’s kid, I struggled a lot through my early years with trying to maintain a perfect image. Before I would arrive to any church related event, I always wore a mask and put up an “everything’s fine” [...]

HAVE YOU EVER been in the middle of a church service where the worship team was playing a familiar song and you’re singing out, clapping along, moving back and forth, but then you stop and wonder: “I just sang half of this song and I can’t even tell you what that last verse just said.” This isn’t what worship is [...]

Vietnam, First Impressions After a long flight, we landed at Ho Chi Minh International Airport. I found the arrival at a new destination disorienting. For me, it was a subtle mind game where I was never sure if I’d gone anywhere at all. Even though we arrived at 11 p.m. local time, the air was hot and humid and almost [...]

I am always afraid when people want to go overseas because they are disenchanted with the American church. Don’t export our disenchantment! Here are three ways to see God’s vision for your local church. Remember that Jesus came to save the broken and that we are all growing in holiness together. There has never been a golden age in the [...]

You want to do lead in ministry. But do you have a faith that people are inspired by? Jesus said that anything that is done without faith is sin (Rom. 14:23). We are guilty of doing our church programs all the time without trusting in God. I mean really trusting in God. There are things in church culture that we [...]

“The rapid growth of the Church in so many places remains shallow and vulnerable, partly because of the lack of discipled leaders, and partly because so many use their positions for worldly power, arrogant status or personal enrichment. As a result, God’s people suffer, Christ is dishonoured, and gospel mission is undermined. ‘Leadership training’ is the commonly-proposed priority solution. Indeed, [...]

“Christians And Their Molestation Problem” A friend linked me to that article last week. At the risk of sounding odd, God’s been leading more towards the topics of molestation lately. Actually, yes, that does sound odd. It started with reading a post on Daniel Kim’s website called “Impossible Questions.” He and his wife watched a movie called Furious Love, which looks [...]