By Tito Pel After my wife and I were married in 1986, we lived in an apartment complex near a golf course. I wasn’t interested in golf back then because I was a basketball guy. A seminary friend was also living in the apartment complex, and one day he asked if I wanted to […]
By Sam E. Stone This quarter we will consider God’s people and worship, learning from Isaiah, Ezra, and Nehemiah. First we will study important sections from Isaiah. His book includes many important messianic prophecies. Israel was to be the means by which God’s blessing would come to all nations of the world. Isaiah prophesied […]
By Joni Wood Writing these articles about hope has been one of the hardest assignments I’ve ever tackled. My world fell apart three years ago when my husband (in ministry) admitted to an affair. That resulted in a downward spiral with the loss of his job, our marriage needing a major overhaul, and our […]
By David Faust Preaching holds such an honored role in church history that the pulpit has been called “the sacred desk.” The word pulpit, however, rarely appears in the Bible. (The King James Version of Nehemiah 8:4 says Ezra “stood upon a pulpit of wood,” but the New International Version translates it “a high […]
By Dan Lentz 1. Which one of the following situations could you tolerate best? Which one would you struggle to tolerate? • sitting on a plane next to a fussy baby • standing in a long line with a very slow cashier • being tailgated by an aggressive driver • enduring a lengthy automated […]
