By David Faust When your body is healthy you sleep well, feel energetic, and enjoy a good appetite. Your weight, respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure fall within normal limits. How can you tell if your church is healthy? What are some signs that the body of Christ is fit, agile, and moving in the […]
By Sam E. Stone The people of Israel were taken captive to Babylon. After 70 years, God allowed a remnant of his people to return to the promised land. There they set about to rebuild the temple. Although this effort began with much excitement and devotion, the project slowed considerably (Haggai 1). The Lord sent […]
By Dan Hamilton When you were a child in Sunday school, do you remember doing fun songs with motions? I recall some of the choruses required the girls to compete against the boys, where one group stood up and shouted out “Hallelujah” and the other “Praise ye the Lord.” Sometimes there were hand motions; with […]
By Jamie Shafer If people have had a connection to spirituality in their past, then it will likely show up again before open-heart surgery, according to anesthesiologist Dr. Don Stogsdill. As he talks, Don’s calm voice and demeanor seem to make him an ideal person to talk with patients before they undergo this major surgery. […]
By Dan Hamilton The origins of old sayings are often interesting. If several online sources are correct, the phrase “pass the buck” began with poker games about 150 years ago. Cheating was common in those games. Players made sure that no one person was allowed to be the dealer out of turn, so a knife […]
