By Jamie Shafer A recent Gallup poll concluded that only 30 percent of American workers indicate they are engaged in their work, leaving the resulting 70 percent to work at levels below their true potential. Rick Boxx has a vision for how this can change, and it includes Christians embracing their calling in the […]
By Javan Rowe David placed the stone in his sling, righteous anger flowing through his veins. He swung the sling over his head and released a strap, causing the stone to hurl toward the giant. His first attempt was successful, as the rock found its target—Goliath’s forehead. The undefeatable giant was slain. I realize […]
By Kimberly Davidson Most days when we turn to the news, it seems like we’re living in a gloomy, bad dream. Some of us are facing life-changing health, family, or financial challenges. Others live under the cloud of abuse, abandonment, and low self-worth. We’re all going through stressful and depressing times—some more than others. […]
By Sam E. Stone In today’s text, James returns to a subject introduced earlier in his letter—proper use of the tongue (see James 1:19, 26). He identifies himself as a fellow believer with his readers. When he warns that teachers will be judged more strictly, James does not mean just “official teachers” (apostles, prophets, […]
By Karen Ward Robertson “Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, […]
