During our regional Family Camp last week, we had a class discussing Matthew Sleeth’s book 24/6: A Prescription for Healthier, Happier Life, regarding our need for a regular Sabbath rest. It was interesting to hear the different perspectives on the feasibility of resting one day each week. Most of us in the world of employment, […]
A recent book, God’s Grace in Your Suffering, by David Powlison, is based on the hymn “How Firm a Foundation.” This is a solidly biblical hymn from 1787 that is probably neglected in many churches, or may be sung with little thought given to the words. Much of the text comes directly from Isaiah 41:10
The Gospel Project Sunday school lesson for June 16 comes from 1 Samuel and the anointing of Saul as the first king of Israel. Up until this time the nation had been a theocracy—with God alone as their head, and the prophets, priests, and judges serving as God’s messengers to the people. But the people
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Our church is talking about evangelism on Sunday evenings this summer, and I thought this might be helpful for others. One of the evangelism tools I learned about in college is the gospel beads bracelet. (I used this once on a mission trip in Austria.) There are five beads that represent the basics of the
William Shakespeare wrote in Sonnet 116, “Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds.” He wasn’t writing about God’s love, yet those words are more true of God than they are of any human love. David wrote, “For Your steadfast love is great to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the clouds” (Psalm 57:10
Last week I wrote a bit about hospitality in the context of spiritual gifts. This week I’m reading Sam Allberry’s book 7 Myths about Singleness, and he makes several good comments about Christian family and how that relates to our responsibility for hospitality: “We’re a body [Romans 12:4-5]. We belong to one another… We’re invested