By David Faust God had several surprises in store for Abraham, and the faithful patriarch was willing to tackle every item on the checklist. Move to a foreign land? Check. Believe that your aging, infertile wife will have a baby boy? Check. Trust that through your offspring God will bless all nations on the earth? […]
By Melissa Wuske Acceptance on Moral Issues Changing Americans are increasingly accepting of a wide range of moral issues, according to a Gallup poll. The share of respondents who deemed the following issues acceptable are at their highest recorded levels: birth control (91 percent), divorce (73 percent), sex between an unmarried man and woman (69 […]
By Melissa Wuske Christians Believe Competing Worldviews Many Christians agree with ideas that are linked to competing worldviews, according to a recent Barna research study. More than half of practicing Christians resonated with ideas rooted in New Spirituality (61 percent) and postmodernism (54 percent), and about a third agree with ideas from Marxism (36 percent) […]
By Dr. Mark Scott The God of the Bible is a covenant-making God. He makes agreements and contracts (literally “cuts” a deal) with the creation he has made. Our lessons during September will concern some of these covenants (the rainbow, circumcision, the Sabbath, and the Spirit-filled heart). The Hebrew word for covenant, berit, appears 284 […]
By David Faust Rainbows fascinate me. Over the years I have seen little rainbows in the spray of an outdoor fountain and enormous gleaming arcs that tower over the horizon like domes. I have seen rainbows shining above farm fields, church buildings, and airport runways, and once I saw a double rainbow spectacularly suspended above […]
