By Bill Weber It was the fall of the year. We were anticipating a great weekend with friends from Bible college days, friends we hadn’t seen for several years. After graduation they returned home where the husband worked the ranch with his father. We moved into youth ministry in the city. They had two […]
By Terry MacCabe I’d like to introduce you to my favorite psalm of thanks. I say “introduce” because I suspect that if I asked you to guess which one I am thinking of, you would make 150 guesses and still not come up with it. How can this be, you wonder, when the book […]
By David Faust Now my soul is troubled, and what shall I say? “Father, save me from this hour”? No, it was for this very reason I came to this hour. Father, glorify your name (John 12:27, 28). It’s one of the shortest prayers recorded in Scripture: “Father, glorify your name.” Yet, we […]
By Shawn McMullen Paul instructed the believers in Thessalonica to “Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18). His challenge applies to us as well. Give Thanks We often think about gratitude as an idea, something we hold in our hearts. That’s true, […]
By Christy Barritt Americans’ View on Same-Sex Marriage Shifts In 2006, sociologists at Rice University polled 1,300 adults randomly, asking them, “The only legal marriage should be between one man and one woman. Do you agree, neither agree nor disagree, or disagree?” Six years later, researchers conducted the same poll among a similar group […]
