God has baked patterns into our living that point beyond this life to him, to the ultimate rest we can celebrate forever, fully participating in life the way God originally designed it to be.

When reading through the first five books of the Old Testament, many of us find a significant portion of those chapters very hard to profit …

Ice storms are unusual in my sliver of the United States. So the arrival of a “historic ice storm” this past month caused quite a …

Algeria, 1901: Pen in hand, forty-seven-year-old missionary Lilias Trotter gazed out over the foothills of the Atlas mountains of northern Africa. A flash of yellow …

“Our Scripture reading today is from Galatians 1:6–10,” the deacon behind the pulpit mumbled. Even as the pages rustled, the minds of the congregation wandered. …

When I was 17 years old, I remember singing the words “I will go, Lord, if you lead me. I will hold your people in …

When Baxter arrived, there were streets where only one family would worship the Lord on Sunday. When he left, there were streets where not one …

Because relationships are not optional for believers, and because conversation is critical for relationships, we can each grow within our limitations, real and perceived, to interact meaningfully with the people in our lives. And we must.

One of the final charges the Apostle Paul gave to Pastor Timothy was that he “do the work of an evangelist” (2 Timothy 4:5). Certainly, …

Turning 50 hit me hard. Somehow, it felt a lot different than turning 40. “Over the hill” felt pretty much the same as any other …