Maybe you’ve had a water leak in your home. I pray not, but many of us have. Here is the simple principle behind this article: stopping the leak doesn’t end the damage. Stopping the leak only prevents more water from entering your home that would do more damage. Stopping the leak doesn’t prevent the existing water that has already escaped from doing the damage that water does. Warped flooring...
What does God’s abiding presence mean in moments of pain? Does he sympathize with us? Where is true rest in a world of stress and suffering? These are good questions, and our redemption in Christ speaks to every one of them. In You Are Redeemed: Devotions for Living a Whole New Life, Nana Dolce helps women see how God, in his Word, draws near to make himself known. Dolce’s 40-day devotional...
Visit almost any university campus in the US and you will find a common phenomenon: a beautiful central campus surrounded by church buildings representing a host of denominations. Those churches represent a day when the university and the church worked side-by-side in the development of our nation’s future leaders. Students and community members gathered en masse to worship Jesus and celebrate...
Right now, the one thing I don’t know how to do is let go of my wife emotionally. I don’t know what that means. Does that mean I stop loving her? Or to stop loving her as a wife, but just as a sister in Christ? Almost like accepting that it’s over until if/when God says otherwise?I’m not sure I know how to do that. — Ralph When it was her turn to share, Sheri opened her mouth to speak but...
Billy Hartman was one of my good buddies growing up. He lived on a big farm with horses, only a ten-minute walk from my home. One of the most profound memories I have of the Hartman farm and family was the time they installed the first bomb shelter I had ever seen. It was during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the Cold War seemed ready to lead us into the first all-out nuclear war. In that...
