By Dan Lentz 1. On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being “content in every circumstance” and 1 being “on the verge of a nervous breakdown,” where are you these days in your: • finances? • vocation? • well-being? Read Exodus 15:1-5, 19-26. 2. In what ways can you relate […]
By David Faust Psalms 19-22 According to Samford University preaching professor Dr. Robert Smith, “we have lost our sense of the mystery of God”—what he calls “the trembling adoration.” Our mistake? We “try to demystify the mystery, unscrew the inscrutable, and figure out the un-figure-out-able.” Psalm 19 invites us to ponder the mystery […]
By Matt Thompson The story of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt is so familiar to many of us we may be tempted to skim over the words written in chapter 15. God received glory as words of praise from his people filled the air. They sang about his faithfulness, his deliverance, and how he is […]
By Christy Barritt Pakistan Christian Sentenced to Death Asia Bibi was open about her Christian faith as she worked on a Pakistani farm owned by a Muslim. Many of the Muslim women who worked with Bibi pressured her to renounce Christianity and accept Islam. According to Voice of the Martyrs, when Bibi refused to […]
Dr. Charlie W. Starr I’d like to kick off this slightly new column on Arts and Media with some Christmas movie memories and a lesson they teach. In an age of television and film, Christmas traditions have come to include everyone sitting down to watch favorite family Christmas movies. To older classics like It’s […]
