When doubts or questions arise, parents should take advantage of these teachable moments by unpacking the hope-giving truths of the gospel. Even if the child is genuinely a believer, it certainly won’t hurt them to hear the promises of the gospel afresh.
God is not using us to His benefit and our hurt: He is inviting us into a relationship that will result in mutual joy!
For all of our married life, my wife, Paula, and I have been in ministry of one sort or another. Everything changed for us as …
A recent conversation caught me breathless and deeply burdened for my neighbors. A street vendor I regularly buy vegetables from surveyed all of the uncertainties …
At the outset of the present quarantine, everything was bizarre, electric, and controversial. People filled their time arguing over lethality, R₀ rates, and balancing lives …
“These are the times that try men’s souls…” the well-known words of poet Thomas Payne came to mind as I drove to the grocery store …
You’re a pastor and church is now cancelled for the foreseeable future. The US Treasury Secretary, Steve Mnuchin just went on record that we should …
I, like you, am tired of thinking about COVID-19 already, though my browsing history might betray me. I’ll abstain from taking a side on whether …
It was Sunday, August 5, 2018. The church service was beginning. The hymn number had been announced and I was standing next to my wife as the congregation began to sing. I could not sing. Not a sound. Not even a whisper. I wept.
The Late Show is hardly a bellwether for the state of America’s philosophizing or the condition of its soul. Except when it is. Several cultural …
