By Dr. Mark Scott Pushing the pause button to remember God’s faithfulness is a healthy spiritual discipline. Every so often we need to take a step back from the daily grind and enjoy a spiritual sanity check. In many ways that is how the Feast of Tabernacles functioned for Israel. This feast was one of […]
By Dr. Mark Scott “The forgiveness of God, in my opinion, is the most powerful and therapeutic idea in the world,” said Leslie Weatherhead. A Christian counselor from Colorado said, “The lack of forgiveness is at the root of most all interpersonal conflicts.” We should not be surprised that forgiveness is one of the most […]
By David Faust Have you ever struggled to forgive someone? Do you find it hard to let go of anger and bitterness? How can you keep from resenting someone who bullied, slandered, ignored, or cheated you? Heroes of mercy described in the Bible showed such amazing grace to others that I find it hard to […]
By Jacqueline J. Holness As this issue of The Lookout is devoted to women’s topics, I decided to devote this column to five revolutionary biblical women I rarely hear about: the five daughters of Zelophehad mentioned in Numbers 27. Petitioning Together Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milkah, and Tirzah were faced with a dilemma after the death […]
By Melissa Wuske Working Families in America The percentage of households with both the mother and father working full time has grown in the past decades, from 31 percent in 1970 to 46 percent in 2015, according to a study by the Pew Research Center. In these households the mother is more likely to do […]
