Rachel Dawson
You can always tell that Christmas is coming, even before it’s close. Radio stations start playing Christmas carols before we’ve even eaten all the Halloween candy, and commercials beckon us to start ...
Liz Kanoy
With so much political and religious turmoil in our world today, it is important for Christians to be educated about other world religions. Islam, in particular, is the world's fastest growing religi...
Chris Russell
Paul’s first letter to the Church at Thessalonica is filled with many relevant truths that are ripe for application to our lives today. And in the very last chapter of this great letter, he succinctly...
Cindi McMenamin
Would you believe there are some secular sayings that sound so religious people often believe they came from the Bible? These pieces of presumed Christian “wisdom” can sound bibl...
Mark Altrogge
What? Are you serious? What good can it possibly be to have a difficult child? Or a teen who struggles with sin? Or a child who rebels against you? Challenges with our children are as much (or more) a...
Emma Danzey
Psalm 1:1-2 - “Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand in the way that sinners take or sit in the company of mockers, but whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and who...
Lisa Loraine Baker
The key for us as believers is to be the people God created us to be! No longer are we to be conformed to the norms of the world, but we are to be transformed, living a life pleasing to Him who called...
Emma Danzey
The year is almost complete, and we will be breaking out new calendars and planners soon. As we are right in the sweet spot between Thanksgiving and Christmas, it is easy to become overly busy with ac...
Emma Danzey
If we have Jesus, we have life, today, right now, and in this very moment. No more waiting around for heaven. We look forward to our eternal hope, but we live in the present with fullness of His Spiri...
Donna Jones
Type the question “Who is Jesus?” into your computer search bar, and you’ll find 622,000,000 results. That’s well over half a billion answers! Christians know there is so m...
Elizabeth Laing Thompson
We’ve all been there: lonely. Longing to feel connected, needed, known.Wishing relationships weren’t so hard—or so hard to find.Wanting closer friends, people who “get” us in that deep-down, soul-mate...
Having promises at hand that suit the temptation of the hour is one key to successful warfare against sin. But there are times when we don’t have a perfectly suited word from God in our minds....
How do you get peace in a really bad situation? You may be in the fight of your life financially and about to lose your home. It may be that you've been diagnosed with lung cancer as my father-in-law ...
Rachel Britton
Sometimes friends and members of our families can be hard to love, or even to like. As Christians, we know that the Bible teaches us to exhibit love for a broad range of people — our neighbors (Matthe...
Chris Russell
Several years ago a friend of mine took his wife and kids to the ocean for a week of R&R. While they were there, they purchased a small, inflatable boat for recreational use on the beach. One da...
Lisa Loraine Baker
From the darkness over the waters in Genesis 1 to the darkness overcome at the end of Revelation, the Bible is filled with discussions about darkness. But what does the Bible say about darkness, as a ...
Clarence L. Haynes Jr.
Let’s face it, ministry has swallowed up its share of casualties over the years. The question is are you in line to be its next victim? It’s possible you could be, and you just don’t know it yet. ...
Blair Parke
"This little light of mine" is a popular Sunday school song with children that draws inspiration from Matthew 5:16. When Jesus instructs His disciples to "let your light so shine before men," what exa...