After I Die—Then What?
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. …
Free Today on Kindle: Pioneer Missions by Forrest McPhail
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 …
What’s Happening to American Christianity?
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 …
“Behold Thy Mother”: How the Cross Transforms Motherhood
Jesus’ tender words from the cross affirm that mothers deserve honor. But his words also reveal that motherhood is much more than conceiving a child. From Jesus’ perspective, the most significant thing that a woman can share with someone is not her DNA, but her faith in Christ.
Book Review: The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton
Chesterton, G. K. The Everlasting Man. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2011. This is a witty apologetic that advocates original monotheism, as opposed to an evolutionary account …
Christians & Clothing: Why God Cares About What You Wear
The bottom line is this: the greatest consideration when selecting our clothes should not be our particular fashion taste, but the God who redeemed our bodies with the ransom price of Jesus’s blood. He now gets to say what we communicate with our clothes.
The Danger of Childolatry in Parenting
In a previous post, I suggested that our natural tendency is to put other people somewhere along an imaginary line, stretched between the two poles …
God’s Grace for a Harlot
I was just reading Joshua 2 this morning and it set me to thinking about women who have, for whatever reason, made really poor life …
Borrowed Lights: Inspiration for Christian Living
The people whose examples stir me most are dead now—at least their bodies don’t live on the earth anymore. But I can still take walks with them by reading their biographies. Here are snippets from the writings of several men whose examples never fail to stir me, correct me, and excite my hunger for God.
My Kids Prove That Guardian Angels Exist
God never promises that these tasks will yield immediate fruit, that parenting will get easier, or my life more comfortable. God loves me too much to give me the luxury of walking by sight. So, if you’re like me and are looking for a little Bible encouragement and resolution in your parenting, let this conviction settle down deep: your children are a grace; they’re an enduring legacy, a strong security, and a powerful weapon of warfare in God’s Kingdom.