Honor the Father
By Michael C. Mack Today is Father’s Day, a day we set aside to love and honor our dads. And it’s good that we do so! The fifth commandment instructs God’s people to “Honor your father and your...
View ArticleBoasting in Our Weaknesses
By Michael C. Mack As the apostle Paul told his story, he wrote, But [the Lord] said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the...
View ArticleResolve
By Randy Ballinger We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty...
View ArticleMore Than Characters
By Michael C. Mack Novelists and short-story writers create believable characters—protagonists and antagonists (that is, heroes and villains), sidekicks, instigators, love interests, confidantes, and...
View ArticleThe Family Table
By Manndi Maphies Wilkins Some families still gather around the dinner table at the end of a long, hard day to break bread together. It’s a time when children excitedly share what happened at school,...
View ArticleThe Rock
By Stuart Powell Can God make a rock so big that he can’t move it? That question is intended to confuse the argument that Yahweh God is all-powerful. It is seldom posed as a valid inquiry. The...
View ArticleThe Most Honored Seat at the Table
By TonyaAnn Pember We celebrate Communion to commemorate the last night Christ spent on earth. His last meal with his disciples is known as the Last Supper. Leonardo DaVinci’s famous painting of...
View ArticleEnough
By Michael C. Mack Have you ever heard someone say there are many ways to Heaven and that Christians are narrow-minded to think Jesus is the only way? God’s Word is unambiguous and unequivocal...
View ArticleA School Like No Other
By Doug Redford Now is the time of year that children are returning to school. They’ll have to adjust to getting up earlier. Parents will need to make sure their kids are in bed at a decent time and...
View ArticleAlways in His Arms
By Doug Redford Some time ago, the local newspaper carried the story of the death of an infant girl with a chromosomal disorder called Trisomy 18, also known as Edwards syndrome. The average...
View ArticleHis Hands and Ours
By Doug Redford On Labor Day in 2011, the Cincinnati Enquirer printed a piece called “Hands at Labor.” Pictured on the front page of the Local section were the hands of five individuals, along with a...
View ArticleNo Tourniquet Required
By Doug Redford Some time ago, a newspaper carried a story about a woman who called 911 after a medical port dislodged from her arm. “Blood was spurting everywhere,” she recalled. The EMS unit that...
View ArticleEvery Time
By Stuart Powell High school track meets feature athletes running a variety of distances around a 400-meter oval. In the Midwest, the 3,200-meter run is the longest of those races. Runners race...
View ArticleBlood-Stained Hands
By Stuart Powell David was a man in pursuit of God’s heart. He submitted his life to the Word of God and the Holy Spirit during his teen years. He desired to build up God’s kingdom. Later, he planned...
View ArticleDay of Atonement, Day of Remembrance
By Doug Redford If the Israelites of the Old Testament had the books that we have in our Old Testament, arranged into chapters as ours is, Leviticus 16 would have drawn their attention as the Day of...
View ArticleSangre de Cristo
(We first ran this Communion meditation in January 2014.) By Ronald G. Davis In the 16th century, Francisco Coronado and a group of Spanish soldiers explored the American Southwest, looking for golden...
View ArticlePaul at the Table
(We first ran this Communion meditation in January 2014.) By Ronald G. Davis Paul wrote beautifully and authoritatively of the Lord’s table. But he also sat there. Right across from us, as it were. Was...
View ArticleJudas at the Table
(We first ran this Communion meditation in October 2016.) By Ronald G. Davis Because of varying details in the four Gospel accounts, scholars disagree over whether Judas was still present in the upper...
View ArticleWhat to Wear?
(We first ran this Communion meditation in January 2014.) By Ronald G. Davis “What to wear? What to wear?” Millions of Americans echo that question, as seasons change, as holidays and holy days loom....
View ArticleMy Deliverer
How do you respond when you face difficulties, dangers, or disease? What would you do if you were “canceled” or faced persecution because of your faith in Jesus? We can relate to King David, who...
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