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  • Who Does Jesus Christ Say You Are?

    “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”— 2 Corinthians 5:17(NIV). If you were asked to identify yourself, what would your answer be? Would you reply with your name? Maybe your answer would be more detailed. Would you add your vocation or some other title? […]

  • Lift Up Your Eyes and See: A Vision for the Mission

    Have you lost your way in this thing called life? God has a purpose for you, and it begins with vision. “Where there is no vision, the people perish…” Proverbs 29:18 KJV Without vision, the Bible tells us that people perish. Without revelation of who they are and what they’ve been called to, people cast off restraint, […]

  • God is good – even when life is not

    “God is good.” I remember grappling with that idea when I was younger. I often wondered, “Yes, He’s loving. Yes, He’s kind. Yes, He’s powerful. But is He truly good? All the time? What about poverty and sickness, war and persecution? It felt impossible to reconcile all the suffering I witnessed with the God I […]

  • Jesus Can Make All Things New

    “He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” Then he said, “Write this down, for these words are trustworthy and true”—Revelation 21:5 (NIV). The New Year is here! After the stresses of 2020, I doubt anyone wants to cling to the past. With the turning of the calendar to January […]

  • Jesus is Here to Seek and Save the Lost

    “For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost”—Luke 19:10 (ESV). Looking for my spare house key recently, I’d almost given up hope of finding the lost item. In a hurry, I really didn’t want to take the time to have another spare made. Searching through my kitchen junk drawer, which […]

  • The Importance of Tracing Our Blessings Backward

    “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places,  just as he chose us in Christ before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless before him in love”—Ephesians 1:3-4 (NRSV) Sometimes we get hung up on […]

  • Millions of the World’s Widows in ‘Crisis of Survival’

    Treatment of widows is often startlingly unfair and cruel, catapulting them into a crisis of survival, says the new global report by Texas-based Gospel for Asia (GFA). Titled Widows Often Face Uphill Battle, it examines the different struggles faced by widows in the U.S., Africa, and Asia. Those struggles include battles over widows’ benefits in […]

  • Are You On The Verge of Wrecking Your Life?

    In Russell Moore’s compelling book, Tempted & Tried, a chapter entitled, Why You’re on the Verge of Wrecking Your Life (Especially If You Don’t Know It), caught my attention. Moore writes quoting a scientist who studied cattle behavior, “A slaughterhouse, in order to keep the cattle relaxed, should remove anything from the sight of the […]

  • US Freedom of Religion Under Attack? California Bans Singing in Church

    Conservative politicians and Christian leaders alike in the United States railed against California legislators for a new coronavirus-related regulation that bans singing in any indoor religious services, even with masks on, under new guidelines issued Wednesday (7/1/20) by the Department of Public Health. And after pointing out the irony of unfettered protests in the US […]

  • When you’re transformed by God’s amazing grace

    “Do not conform to the pattern of this world but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—His good, pleasing and perfect will.”—Romans 12:2 (NIV). Do you believe people can change? Before you answer that question, let’s consider some examples of characters […]