Overcoming Our Problem
By Stuart Powell When Paul wrote to the Ephesians, he explained that before they were Christians, they faced a serious problem in their lives. As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and...
View ArticleTo Do ‘In Remembrance’
By Doug Redford Have you ever noticed older children who now care for their parents often do things their parents once did for them? They frequently help with actions the parents can no longer...
View ArticleHeaded in the Right Direction
By Doug Redford Dallas Willard was a deeply respected theologian and scholar. He wrote extensively about discipleship, and his books challenged followers of Jesus to take their relationship with him...
View ArticleA Child’s Portion
By Doug Redford If you’ve ever seen Walt Disney’s classic movie Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, you’ve seen the wicked queen stand before her mirror and ask that famous question, “Mirror, mirror on...
View ArticleLook to the Cross
By Margaret Bellers How easily we judge others for their mistakes and failures! Yet, how quickly we become bitter when someone sins against us! When these things occur, the church can quickly...
View ArticleFace Bread
By Ed White “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the...
View ArticleBeyond the Manger
By Doug Redford Many of our Christmas carols picture the beauty and innocence of Jesus as a baby. The first verse of “Away in a Manger” tells how “the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.” The...
View ArticleFace Bread
By Ed White “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the...
View ArticleBeyond the Manger
By Doug Redford Many of our Christmas carols picture the beauty and innocence of Jesus as a baby. The first verse of “Away in a Manger” tells how “the little Lord Jesus lay down his sweet head.” The...
View ArticleFace Bread
By Ed White “And you shall take fine flour and bake twelve cakes with it. Two-tenths of an ephah shall be in each cake. You shall set them in two rows, six in a row, on the pure gold table before the...
View ArticleFaithfulness
By Ed White “Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life” (Revelation 2:10, New King James Version). God has always placed a premium on faithfulness. Please notice that Jesus...
View ArticleHelping a Brother
By Ed White “Brothers and sisters, if someone is caught in a sin, you who live by the Spirit should restore that person gently. But watch yourselves, or you also may be tempted. Carry each other’s...
View ArticleThe Only Meal of Its Kind
By Doug Redford William Willimon served for many years as dean of the chapel and professor of Christian ministry at Duke Divinity School. Willimon tells of a student who approached him following a...
View ArticleSomething Extraordinary
By Doug Redford Several years after walking on the moon in 1969, Neil Armstrong recalled what that experience was like. He described himself as an ordinary man who was privileged to do extraordinary...
View ArticleThe Bitter Cup
By Edwin White After celebrating the Passover together and singing a hymn, Jesus and 11 disciples left the upper room. Judas had departed earlier to meet with the chief priests to complete the...
View ArticleThe Good Stuff
By Doug Redford During the height of his remarkable career, Walt Disney employed a staff of animators who would work during the day at their drawing tables trying to sketch out new ideas for cartoon...
View ArticleMarch Madness, Sadness, and Gladness
By Doug Redford Fans of college basketball look forward every year to the month of March, knowing that “March Madness” awaits: the NCAA Division I men’s basketball tournament. The madness refers to...
View ArticleThe Centurion’s Testimony
By Edwin White “So when the centurion, who stood opposite Him, saw that He cried out like this and breathed His last, he said, ’Truly this Man was the Son of God!’” (Mark 15:39, New King James...
View ArticleThat Sinking Feeling
By Doug Redford In 1955, Walter Lord published a book entitled A Night to Remember, in which he provided an account of the sinking of the ocean liner Titanic in the early morning hours of April 15,...
View ArticleThe Question that Matters
By Doug Redford On April 16, 2007, Virginia Tech University was the scene of an unspeakable tragedy when 32 students and teachers lost their lives in a shooting rampage. The shooter was a student at...
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