On First Seeing my Child’s Face
Last week I saw the face of my third child as she came into the world. As with our two sons, we decided to wait …
Last week I saw the face of my third child as she came into the world. As with our two sons, we decided to wait …
When the wedding ceremony is over there are some things that true love doesn’t wait for.
Rain-soaked and waiting to cheer my wife across the finish line of a half-marathon, I heard these lyrics thumping through the PA system: So it’s …
One Friday after work, Bill and John went out for steak. They had a great time, and the next week John ran into Bill at …
If Paul had planted perfect churches, we might have the mistaken notion that the power for healthy churches died with the apostles, and that the best we can do now is to try to get back to the model of those early churches. In reality, however, the “power” for healthy churches and healthy Christians is just as alive today as He was in the first century. As Paul himself put it: “I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.”
In the first installment we learned that God cares about what you wear because clothing communicates, and because clothing is redemptive. But those principles merely …
Doubt is debilitating. One author recounts the struggles of a girl named Laura who felt that she couldn’t believe: “I don’t know’. I can’t do …
On April 2, 1988, Ivan Lester Mcguire, an experienced skydiver with over 800 jumps, fell to his death. He forgot to put on his parachute. …
Pioneer Missions: Meet the Challenges, Share the Blessings by Forrest McPhail, 2015. This recent book by GFA missionary, Forrest McPhail, sets out broad biblical foundations …
A recent thorough survey of religion in America told us something we already knew—by pretty much any measure the number of people engaged with religion …