I was waiting in line with my sons for a roller coaster when the T-shirt caught my eye:Â Kindness is free â so sprinkle that stuff everywhere . Iâm sympathetic to the message at one level. To many, the world feels meaner in recent years, and perhap...
I was waiting in line with my sons for a roller coaster when the T-shirt caught my eye:Â Kindness is free â so sprinkle that stuff everywhere . Iâm sympathetic to the message at one level. To many, the world feels meaner in recent years, and perhap...
Whatâs your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding homily? Any Christian minister who has performed a wedding knows the challenge and opportunity of that moment. We have a precious few minutes to capture the moment and h...
Whatâs your favorite charge, or piece of counsel, you have heard in a wedding homily? Any Christian minister who has performed a wedding knows the challenge and opportunity of that moment. We have a precious few minutes to capture the moment and h...
Bible study often exposes us. As I sat in a Bible study recently, the leader asked our group how we heard Jesusâs voice and how we follow, like he says in John 10:27: âMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.â One woman sitt...
Bible study often exposes us. As I sat in a Bible study recently, the leader asked our group how we heard Jesusâs voice and how we follow, like he says in John 10:27: âMy sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.â One woman sitt...
I have this one friend, everywhere she goes, she gives gifts. Roses to teachers, journals to me, and flowers to so many. She is gifted in gifts. Is she trying to make me look bad? She is so impressive! I am normally the one loaded with 2 kids, ...
I have this one friend, everywhere she goes, she gives gifts. Roses to teachers, journals to me, and flowers to so many. She is gifted in gifts. Is she trying to make me look bad? She is so impressive! I am normally the one loaded with 2 kids, ...
On January 31, 1892, Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834â1892) died in Menton, France, with his wife, Susie, at his bedside. His death was the deepest valley of Susieâs many years of suffering. While Charlesâs body was transported back to London for a wee...
On January 31, 1892, Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834â1892) died in Menton, France, with his wife, Susie, at his bedside. His death was the deepest valley of Susieâs many years of suffering. While Charlesâs body was transported back to London for a wee...
âWhy shouldnât I follow my heart? If I am a Christian â if God has caused me to be âborn againâ and has given me âa new heartâ â isnât my new heart trustworthy?â Readers have raised some version of this objection when Iâve exhorted Christians, âDon...
âWhy shouldnât I follow my heart? If I am a Christian â if God has caused me to be âborn againâ and has given me âa new heartâ â isnât my new heart trustworthy?â Readers have raised some version of this objection when Iâve exhorted Christians, âDon...
Over the years, I have talked with several Christians who have told me they wanted to die. They were of different ages and different ethnicities; they had different personalities and different reasons. But they each concluded that death was better fo...
Over the years, I have talked with several Christians who have told me they wanted to die. They were of different ages and different ethnicities; they had different personalities and different reasons. But they each concluded that death was better fo...
Few realities in human life are as captivating, fulfilling, and elusive as friendship. Most of us have tasted its deep and dynamic potential for good at some point along our journeys, and yet most of us can also testify to having neglected friendshi...
Few realities in human life are as captivating, fulfilling, and elusive as friendship. Most of us have tasted its deep and dynamic potential for good at some point along our journeys, and yet most of us can also testify to having neglected friendshi...
From the opening chapters of the Bible, God makes it clear that humanity was created to enjoy life with God, and God in life â to experience the radiance of his presence and listen to him speak âclose up.â Adam and Eve walked with God in the garde...
From the opening chapters of the Bible, God makes it clear that humanity was created to enjoy life with God, and God in life â to experience the radiance of his presence and listen to him speak âclose up.â Adam and Eve walked with God in the garde...
ABSTRACT: âI worked harder than any of them.â Few figures in Scripture labor with the manifest industry of the apostle Paul. Where did such a prodigious work ethic come from? As one steeped in the Old Testament, Paul would have known and loved the ma...
ABSTRACT: âI worked harder than any of them.â Few figures in Scripture labor with the manifest industry of the apostle Paul. Where did such a prodigious work ethic come from? As one steeped in the Old Testament, Paul would have known and loved the ma...
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17) I can still see the moment clearly in my mind. At a Christian conference, a friend whom I had been studying the Bible with that seme...
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; a broken and contrite heart, O God, you will not despise. (Psalm 51:17) I can still see the moment clearly in my mind. At a Christian conference, a friend whom I had been studying the Bible with that seme...
I learned as a very new Christian that if I was going to grow in the image of Christ I had to guard my heart. Hereâs what that looked like for me. Very early on in my Christian walk, when I was almost 21 years old, I knew that I needed to be a woman ...
I learned as a very new Christian that if I was going to grow in the image of Christ I had to guard my heart. Hereâs what that looked like for me. Very early on in my Christian walk, when I was almost 21 years old, I knew that I needed to be a woman ...
