by Eric A. Shelhart The church I serve operates a ministry called The Big Reach Center of Hope. The Center provides food and clothing as well as other assistance and training to people in need. We recently finished a back-to-school campaign that provides new outfits, backpacks full of school supplies and other items to more […]
by Eric A. Shelhart Just a little over two years ago, my family and I were living in North Carolina. I had a great job working for a school district. I had wonderful friends, an amazing church, and moderate winters. One evening in October 2008 I received a phone call from a church in Ohio […]
by Tom Moll The reality of God’s unfailing love for Israel is seen in the cycle repeated over and over in Judges. The Israelites fall into sin and cry to God for help. He answers their cries and raises up a leader to deliver them. Then they once again let the culture around them drag […]
by Tom Moll “Will you never learn?” I heard those words many times from my mother as I was growing up. It must have seemed to her that she warned me repeatedly and to no apparent avail about the consequences of my actions. In Judges 10, the Israelites cried to the Lord again. They told […]
by Tom Moll The story of Gideon is intriguing. When the angel of the Lord called Gideon a “mighty warrior,” he was threshing wheat in a winepress in hopes of not being discovered by the Midianites. He was not exactly a typical candidate for a general. But God often does not choose the people we […]
