By David Faust Psalm 115 Some pride is healthy and appropriate. At the end of a hard day’s work a laborer feels the satisfaction of a job well done. A fifth-grader smiles at her grade card because her extra effort in class has been rewarded. A newly baptized believer embraces the dignity and […]
When faith costs
By Jamie Shafer Often when we read about Christians in the marketplace, we learn of men and women who boldly integrate their faith at work. Entrepreneurs launch successful companies with Christian values at the core. Doctors pray with appreciative patients before surgeries. Office administrators hold lunchtime Bible studies where others come to know Christ. […]
The Lesson and Life — May 27, 2012
By Ben Cachiaras I had never been with someone at the brink of death. But now, as a young minister, I gently cradled the hand of a dear woman who was about to breathe her last. Stroking the ribbed veins on the back of her hand, I listened to her labored breathing and waited […]
In the World — May 20, 2012
By Christy Barritt Medical Journal Promotes “After-Birth Abortion” Two academics who published an article in the Journal of Medical Ethics believe that if abortion is legal, then terminating the life of a newborn baby should also be. They argued that newborn babies are “morally irrelevant” and ending their lives is no different than abortion. […]
A simple approach to unity
By Shawn McMullen Unity among believers—specifically in the context of the local church—was of great importance to the apostle Paul. He challenged Christians in the church at Corinth, “I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what […]
