Sheila Alewine
What does God think about this? Does the Bible give us any guidance on whether or not our weight matters to Him? Are we spending our lives worrying about something that is irrelevant from an eternal p...
Jennifer Slattery
Death. The very word can trigger images of darkness, men and women in black, of grief, and for some, fear. But God doesn’t want us to live in fear nor defeat. He wants us to live, and die, with the co...
Debbie Wilson
To judge means: to separate, to pick out, select, choose. By implication, it means to condemn, punish—avenge, conclude. It also carries the idea of having discernment. The passage where Jesus said, “D...
Sheila Alewine
The mission is right in front of us. It’s before us, behind us, and around us, as we walk through this life as disciples of Jesus ourselves. There might be a harvest overseas, and we quite possibly wi...
Sheila Alewine
As parents, we must have a firm grip on the gospel ourselves, and be committed to teaching it, speaking of it, and illustrating it in our daily lives, so that our children will not only hear it, but s...
Sheila Alewine
We are responsible to cultivate and keep a “noble and good heart” so that the Word of God continues to bear fruit pleasing to God. Here are twenty ways that Scripture addresses our heart and shows us ...
Greg Grandchamp
In the case of Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego, they were thrown into the flames – yet, even if they were to die horrible, painful deaths, they refused to deny their God and worship an idol. Oh, that w...
The book of Jonah may be studied for many reasons, but a chief reason is for what it teaches about God's sovereignty. Sovereignty is a problem for some Christians in certain areas....
In Ephesians 2 Paul takes us down to the Death Valley of the Soul and then up to “the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.” The journey’s contrast will enhance our appreciation for what we have in Christ ...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
What does God look like? Perhaps, following the psalmist, we turn to poetry and hymnody to answer. When you know your sins are forgiven, and the God of all Creation is your own Father, God looks like ...
Dr. Michael A. Milton
Perhaps you have heard someone say that we live in the age of grace and the age of the law is now over. Is that right? How does one reconcile this with the continuing commandments in the New Testa...
Sometimes when we come to passages like Matthew’s condensed Christmas story, we don’t come with that childlike curiosity and wonder—looking at the everyday with awe, perceiving the familiar as fascina...