By Dennis Messimer When Nehemiah went to Jerusalem, he prayed and fasted (Nehemiah 1:4) and then accepted a military escort (2:9). When Ezra went to Jerusalem, he prayed and fasted but did not ask for an escort (Ezra 8:22, 23). During our 21-year ministry in South Africa, there were many times that we were […]
By Shawn McMullen The collection is called Praises in the Hebrew text. Later it became known as The Book of Praises. The Septuagint (the Greek translation of the Old Testament) titled it Psalms from the Greek psalmos, indicating the use of instrumental music or song. For thousands of years the psalms have comforted, corrected, […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness During Easter weekend I watched The Undershepherd, a provocative movie about a minister whose power over his congregation and growing television ministry led him to morph from a man of God into a monster. The movie explored a number of cultural issues from abortion to eating disorders. One scene in […]
By Conover Swofford Several years ago a group of six neighbors were going through different but extremely challenging life experiences at the same time. The neighbors formed a support group they called Crisis of the Day. They ate supper together daily and then discussed their various situations. They voted on who had had the […]
By Kayleen Reusser A young Christian friend of mine learned that his cancer treatments had stopped working. Zach, a 31-year-old loving husband and father of two, was told after a three-year battle with colon cancer that he had weeks to live. It seemed so unfair. After earning his MBA and CPA qualification, Zach was […]
