By Terry MacCabe We’re strangely fascinated by the supernatural. Over the past decade a number of television programs have been produced depicting beneficial relationships between angels and humans. Hollywood has also given us several glimpses into mankind’s perspective on what we would hope angels are like. Sometimes these angels are on earth to serve […]
A Purity Primer
By Eva Juliuson My heart goes out to people who have been wounded by sexual sin. It’s maddening to watch how Satan can turn an exquisite gift from God into something vile. Satan has corrupted the gift of sex in many ways: through selfishness that abuses others for personal gratification, through a cultural mind-set […]
In the World — October 21, 2012
By Christy Barritt Study Explores Connection between Wealth and Religion A new study found a disparity among the world’s rich and poor when it comes to religion. RedC Opinion Poll, part of WIN-Gallup International, recently completed the “Global Index of Religiosity & Atheism.” As a part of the study, they interviewed more than 51,900 […]
Does Sexual Purity Still Make Sense?
By Steve Wyatt Our Creator has never succumbed to cultural pressure, not even when lonely Adam was checking out birds, elephants, and orangutans looking for relationship. Adam’s task was to name the animals, but evidently he was also screening for a potential mate. We know that because “no suitable helper was found” (Genesis 2:20). […]
Where You Live — for October 28, 2012
By Dan Lentz 1. What is your earliest memory as a young child? What major events in your childhood have impacted your values today? Read Acts 8:26-39. 2. What evidence do you see in these verses that the Ethiopian eunuch was seeking the Lord’s will in his life? 3. How would […]