Henry Blackaby’s Experiencing God has been around for 40 years and it still impacts my life. While reading it, I was challenged to write a prayer using the list of names, titles, and descriptions of God it contained. Each time I pray that prayer, I am moved anew by the greatness of our God. Truly […]
Perhaps you’ve noticed something different about this issue of The Lookout. I’m referring to the size of the publication, of course. When we relaunched The Lookout last year, we chose to publish it in a size comparable to the size of a standard Bible. That change has served its purpose well. However, in our ongoing […]
Ephesians 5:10 is one of those Bible verses that is not even a complete sentence: “and find out what pleases the Lord.” That’s the entire verse, but what a powerful challenge and noble calling! Similar language in other translations (New American Standard Bible, English Standard Version) implies that it is to be an ongoing search […]
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: “The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel”—which means, “God with us” (Matthew 1:22, 23). Long before his birth, the name Immanuel was given to Jesus by the prophet Isaiah. […]
Facts, faith, feelings. As a young man studying for ministry I was taught that this was the proper sequence to follow in our walk with God. There are facts to be believed. There are commands to be obeyed by faith. And then there are feelings to be experienced as a result. That was the three-step […]
