Most people do not want to be thought of as lazy ā as a person averse to hard work. We all know laziness is a vice ā a corrupting and addicting use of a good gift: rest. Leisure in proper doses is a wonderful, refreshing gift of God. But habitual ind...
Most people do not want to be thought of as lazy ā as a person averse to hard work. We all know laziness is a vice ā a corrupting and addicting use of a good gift: rest. Leisure in proper doses is a wonderful, refreshing gift of God. But habitual ind...
āI know you donāt believe me, but I do not need Christianity to be happy. I am happier than most Christians I know.ā Looking up from his coffee, he smiled and assured me, āI am glad you found happiness in Jesus, but I am quite content without him. I ...
āI know you donāt believe me, but I do not need Christianity to be happy. I am happier than most Christians I know.ā Looking up from his coffee, he smiled and assured me, āI am glad you found happiness in Jesus, but I am quite content without him. I ...
In many ways, we were a natural fit. My would-be husband and I both loved Jesus, studied his word, cherished worship through song, desired many children, longed to be hospitable, and valued the home and the wifeās joyful place in it. We both had Scan...
In many ways, we were a natural fit. My would-be husband and I both loved Jesus, studied his word, cherished worship through song, desired many children, longed to be hospitable, and valued the home and the wifeās joyful place in it. We both had Scan...
They set out to get help from a higher power. The lion needed courage. The tinman needed a heart. The scarecrow needed a brain. The little girl longed to return home. But at journeyās end, they came to the unfortunate discovery: The Wizard of Oz was ...
They set out to get help from a higher power. The lion needed courage. The tinman needed a heart. The scarecrow needed a brain. The little girl longed to return home. But at journeyās end, they came to the unfortunate discovery: The Wizard of Oz was ...
At times, we may need to have a heart-to-heart with someone we love. Those conversations can be difficult. We may be afraid to say whatās needed because we donāt know how the other person might react when we get the courage to speak up. Maybe we d...
At times, we may need to have a heart-to-heart with someone we love. Those conversations can be difficult. We may be afraid to say whatās needed because we donāt know how the other person might react when we get the courage to speak up. Maybe we d...
A war is being waged against true love. As we celebrate another Valentineās Day, I wonder if you will be another civilian casualty. If the current trends continue, what will the pursuit of marriage be like in twenty years? One new study reports, āA...
A war is being waged against true love. As we celebrate another Valentineās Day, I wonder if you will be another civilian casualty. If the current trends continue, what will the pursuit of marriage be like in twenty years? One new study reports, āA...
Chances are you are among the massive majority of Christians who rarely or never fast. Itās not because we havenāt read our Bibles or sat under faithful preaching or heard about the power of fasting, or even that we donāt genuinely want to do it. We ...
Chances are you are among the massive majority of Christians who rarely or never fast. Itās not because we havenāt read our Bibles or sat under faithful preaching or heard about the power of fasting, or even that we donāt genuinely want to do it. We ...
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...
There are at least two ways to please the devil when it comes to the pursuit of holiness. The first way, of course, is to run from holiness altogether ā to flee, with the prodigal, to the far country of this world, away from the Fatherās home (Luke ...
There are at least two ways to please the devil when it comes to the pursuit of holiness. The first way, of course, is to run from holiness altogether ā to flee, with the prodigal, to the far country of this world, away from the Fatherās home (Luke ...
I vividly remember the first time I saw the movieĀ Titanic . The passionate love between Jack and Rose awakened something fierce in my little preteen heart. I thought little of marriage before that movie. Now it consumed my thoughts and dreams. For...
I vividly remember the first time I saw the movieĀ Titanic . The passionate love between Jack and Rose awakened something fierce in my little preteen heart. I thought little of marriage before that movie. Now it consumed my thoughts and dreams. For...
Have you ever had an experience so exceptional you hesitated to share it with others who might not believe it? In the mid-1970s, I worked for a Knoxville company, selling to grocery stores, campgrounds, etc. My route often took me to Chattanooga, wh...
Have you ever had an experience so exceptional you hesitated to share it with others who might not believe it? In the mid-1970s, I worked for a Knoxville company, selling to grocery stores, campgrounds, etc. My route often took me to Chattanooga, wh...
Some three hundred years ago, an unusual kind of church gathering spread throughout the English-speaking world like fire in the brush. When describing these groups, church historians reach for the language ofĀ newness : one refers to the gatherings ...
Some three hundred years ago, an unusual kind of church gathering spread throughout the English-speaking world like fire in the brush. When describing these groups, church historians reach for the language ofĀ newness : one refers to the gatherings ...
