Family fights, shopping mall stampedes, world unrest and wars all will continue through the Christmas season, but we should not be surprised: Jesus came to save our fractured world.
12/18/2006 by Phil Ware
A trip around the Mall in Washington, D.C., leads Tom to reflect on how much he hates war and how he longs for the peace of Christ.
12/16/2006 by Tom Norvell
Rubel reminds us that Christmas is the season for many things depending on who we are. So let's use this season to be a blessing and not to stir trouble and let's do it responsibly and with grace.
12/12/2006 by Rubel Shelly
Using something for free almost every weekend of the year for a parking lot reminds a church that they don't own what they use; we need to learn that same thing as God's children.
12/03/2006 by Alan Smith
Patrick Odum tells about a boy who shared his winnings with his father rather than spending it only on himself and the joy that this attitude brought the father and Patrick compares this to the joy we give our Father, God, when we share.
11/15/2006 by Patrick D. Odum
Jerry visits and old warrior who cannot leave the battlefields of Normandy and can still remember as if it were yesterday leaving to go fight in World War II.
11/11/2006 by Jerry McCaghren
Our egos are fragile and important but also dangerous, but we must learn humility.
11/02/2006 by Russ Lawson
The Amish are an example of simple piety that cares to honor God above getting even: it is their character and not their dress or agrarian culture we need to imitate.
10/24/2006 by Rubel Shelly
The abduction and final escape of Natascha from Priklopil, we are given a story about how our viewpoint gets skewed.
09/17/2006 by Rubel Shelly
A lighthearted look at heaven and the joy that awaits us there: it's like a beach and not really a job.
08/09/2006 by Denise Waldrop
parenting is really babysitting for God: they are not ours, they are his.
05/26/2006 by Paul Faulkner
Sin always hurts us and harms those we love, but Satan often delays our consequences so that we can get more and more involved in it and then he deeply wounds us and those we love.
05/25/2006 by Mike Barres
We should pursue our spiritual growth and goals with all our passion, just like olympic athletes pursue theirs.
02/22/2006 by Katha Winther
Maybe the most important New Year's resolution is to keep our resolutions.
01/05/2006 by Joe Bagby
So often good churches slip into bad habits and then begin to die: do you know the signs of a dying church?
10/09/2005 by Jeff Lee
Jesus is the only absolute -- truth is found only in him.
07/11/2005 by Phil Ware
The costs shown by the war memorials in Washington, D.C., remind us that freedom isn't free.
07/06/2005 by Tom Norvell
Remembering the past by way of dogtags is hard, but sometimes liberating and a reminder that God can take our past and make something special out of it.
04/12/2005 by Rubel Shelly
We are all in a battle for survivor, but God can help us through.
04/01/2005 by Alan Smith
Is the high cost of freedom worth the price? Am I living up to the price paid for my freedom?
01/31/2005 by Phil Ware
Sometimes we need to resign from the war and surrender, trusting that we have the ultimate victory in Jesus.
01/23/2005 by Richard Ellis
God's disclaimers are much better than those on medicine bottles!
01/19/2005 by Joey Cope
While heaven and hell, punishment and reward, may be motivation for our behavior, eventually God wants us to be motivated by love.
12/31/2004 by Alan Smith
One of our most important tools in our spiritual warfare is prayer.
09/06/2004 by Phil Ware
Jesus faced the fight we all face in the garden of gethsemane so we should be willing to fight that same fight and not give up!
08/15/2004 by Patrick D. Odum