Is There a Reason?
By Mark Francey, 19, Australia Early in my Christian life I was asked to help out at a youth camp. At that time I was a university student and had just lost my job several months earlier. So, money was quite tight but I decided to go for it. After paying for the camp I [...]
Pack Up Your Sorrows
During the turbulent years of the 1960s, popular music in America was a strange mixture of protest and patriotism. Some songs lashed out against war, greed, and injustice in society, while others affirmed duty to country and traditional values. But “Pack Up Your Sorrows,” written by Richard Farina and Pauline Baez Marden, seemed to fit all of the categories with its focus on the quest for personal peace.
Is there a connection to needing bread for our body to survive, and needing forgiveness for our soul?
In Jesus’ teaching of the Lord’s Prayer, He says “Give us our daily bread and forgive us our debts . . .”
Grandpa Snucked Out
My cousin Ken fought a courageous 4-year battle with cancer. In his final days, his wife, three children, and several grandchildren were in and out of his room, spending time with him and sharing special goodbyes. When everyone was out of the room for a moment, he slipped into eternity. After the family realized that he was gone, one young granddaughter sweetly remarked, “Grandpa snucked out.” One moment the Lord was with Ken here on earth; the next moment Ken’s spirit was with the Lord in heaven.
A New Hope
By Edna Ho, Malaysia Many things have happened around me lately. Most of them have been bad. But amidst all these, I am compelled to still shout, “God is good!” because His goodness never ends. 2012 was a year of ups and downs for me. In the first half of the year, everything was good. [...]
A New Hope
By Edna Ho, Malaysia Many things have happened around me lately. Most of them have been bad. But amidst all these, I am compelled to still shout, “God is good!” because His goodness never ends. 2012 was a year of ups and downs for me. In the first half of the year, everything was good. [...]
How can we offer forgiveness when we just don’t feel like it?
Forgiveness isn’t easy to give, especially when our wounds go deep. But when we accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior, He expects us to forgive others to the same degree that He’s forgiven us. Let's look at the Lord’s Prayer to reveal how we can offer forgiveness when we just don’t feel like it.
Giving Thanks
A tragedy left a family with a void that nothing could fill. A toddler chasing a cat wandered into the road and was run over by a delivery truck. A 4-year-old watched in shocked silence as her parents cradled the lifeless body of her little sister. For years, the cold emptiness of that moment encased the family in sadness. Feelings were frozen. The only comfort was numbness. Relief was unimaginable.
Discover exactly what it means to offer and receive forgiveness
Some people say that to forgive is to forget. Others may argue that grace must be earned. A clarifying look at a difficult subject.
Transient Existence
By Megan Low, Singapore What is permanent? What is certain? What can we be sure of in this temporary phase, this transient existence, this passing reality we call life? If we were to strip away the material things, what sureties would be left behind? When almost everything in this drifting reality is merely an illusion [...]
Always Accepted
Financial expert Warren Buffet, one of the richest people in the world, was rejected by Harvard’s Business School at age 19. After a failed admissions interview, he recalls a “feeling of dread,” along with concern over his father’s reaction to the news. In retrospect, Buffet says, “[Everything] in my life . . . that I thought was a crushing event at the time has turned out for the better.”
Transient Existence
By Megan Low, Singapore What is permanent? What is certain? What can we be sure of in this temporary phase, this transient existence, this passing reality we call life? If we were to strip away the material things, what sureties would be left behind? When almost everything in this drifting reality is merely an illusion [...]
Let’s take a fresh look at “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sinned against us”
It’s never easy owning up to a mistake. But according to Haddon Robinson, it’s important to come before God, conscious of the sins we’ve committed.
When Help Is Needed: A Biblical View Of Counseling
When times of overwhelming pressure and stress lead you to seek help, where do you go and how can you know if the guidance you’re getting is trustworthy? Counselor Tim Jackson takes you through a personal assessment with a series of questions and insight from Scripture that will help you understand when, how, and where to turn for biblical counseling.
God’s Lighthouse
The Mission Point Lighthouse was built in 1870 on a peninsula in Northern Michigan to warn ships of sand bars and rocky shores along Lake Michigan. That lighthouse got its name from another kind of lighthouse, a mission church, which was built 31 years earlier.
