By Ginger Peters Paige Cannon reaches up, above the major trials that have befallen her. Life has not always been kind to Paige. But her strong faith as a Christian and her lifelong commitment to her church has created the courage and resilience for Paige to climb out of bed each day. She reaches […]
Continuing our series on our calling from 2 Peter 1:1-11, we delve into knowledge, self-control, and perseverance.
By David Faust Do you ever struggle to find the right balance between engagement and disengagement? Books like Boundaries by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend and Cloud’s Necessary Endings remind us that it’s OK to say, “I can’t do that” or, “Let’s stop and find a new approach.” There is a time […]
By Sam E. Stone In last Sunday’s lesson Jeremiah was being held in a courtyard prison by King Zedekiah (Jeremiah 32), and he is still there in today’s text. Jeremiah repeated with fuller explanation his prophecy of the one great king called “the Branch,” who would one day come and fulfill the promise of […]
By Victor Knowles “Knowledge is indispensable to Christian life and service,” said John Stott. “If we do not use the mind that God has given us, we condemn ourselves to spiritual superficiality and cut ourselves off from many of the riches of God’s grace.” The apostle Peter would likely agree. We can see the […]
