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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rev. Mark David Albertson’s Love Made Flesh Wins 2026 International Impact Book Award Winchester, NV (March 3, 2026) — Love Made Flesh, the deeply human and soul-stirring book by Rev. Mark David Albertson, has been honored with the 2026 International Impact Book Award — a prestigious global recognition celebrating books that…

Rev. Mark David Albertson Few Bible verses have caused as much hand-wringing as James 2:26: “Faith without works is dead.” For some Christians, that verse sounds like a direct threat to everything Paul ever said about grace. After all, Paul famously insists: “For by grace you have been saved through faith… not the result…

by Rev. Dr. Mark David Albertsonn (Why That Might Be the Best News You’ll Hear All Year) Every January, we do this hopeful, slightly exhausting thing. We turn the calendar page and tell ourselves:This year will be different. We’ll finally get it together.We’ll be healthier, calmer, more disciplined.We’ll stop procrastinating, drink more water, and…

by Rev. Dr. Mark David Albertson If there’s one thing I’ve learned after years of ministry, it’s this: Thanksgiving never looks like the pictures. Not once. Not ever. I have never walked into a dining room in November and seen a flawless golden turkey surrounded by perfectly coordinated side dishes, with a family standing…

Rev. Mark David Albertson There are moments in ministry that change you.Not in a “mountaintop glory” kind of way, but in a “you’re tired, it’s 2 a.m., and you’re holding a Styrofoam cup of hospital water while whispering the words of life and death and resurrection” kind of way. This is one of those…

Rev. Dr. Mark David Albertson Why the first evangelist was a woman—and what that means for the church today. A Conversation That Changed Everything It was noon—the wrong time to fetch water. The heat shimmered off the stones of Sychar, and a lone woman approached the well. She wasn’t supposed to be there, not…

By Rev. Dr. Mark David Albertson Forgiveness has always been one of those ideas that sounds beautiful in theory but feels nearly impossible in practice. It’s like standing at the edge of a high diving board — you know jumping is the right thing to do, but every instinct in your body is screaming,…

Rev. Dr. Mark David Albertson Introduction: The Other Chris… I Mean, Simon Have you ever been mistaken for someone else with your same first name? Maybe in school, where the teacher kept saying the other kid’s last name because you were both “Mikes.” Or maybe in church, when someone says, “Oh, you’re the other…

It was 2am, and I was staring at the ceiling, unable to sleep.Not because of caffeine. Not because of stress.Because of a Bible verse. Micah 6:8.“What does the Lord require of you? To do justice, love mercy, and walk humbly with your God.” I couldn’t shake it.It kept circling in my head like a…

Rev. Mark David Albertson I wasn’t expecting a holy moment between the canned soup and the boxed pasta. But there she was, an older woman holding a grocery list in one hand and wiping her eyes with the other.I hesitated.Would I be intruding?Would it be weird? I decided awkward kindness is better than polite…