by David Faust In the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, there’s a sign containing a quote from a Tennessee farmer in about 1940: “The greatest thing in the world is to have the love of God in your heart. The next greatest thing to have is electricity in your house.” Hope electrifies a life, […]
On Dying Well
by Lanita Bradley Boyd “It’s time to call in hospice,” the doctor says, and family prayers change. Prayers for healing change to prayers for a pain-free, peaceful ending. The family may gather around the patient even more than before, treasuring each moment together. But what about the patient? If you are the person for whom […]
If I Should Die Before I Wake . . .
by Steven Clark Goad It has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and has brought life and immortality to light through the gospel (1 Timothy 1:10). Why do we fear the inevitable? I remember my childhood bedtime prayers. Is it wrong to teach a lad to […]
The cost—and blessing—of sacrifice
The Editor’s Desk by Shawn McMullen As we draw closer to Resurrection Sunday and enter a week marking Jesus’ anointing at Bethany, his triumphal entry into Jerusalem, his teaching in the temple courts, the washing of the disciples’ feet and institution of the Lord’s Supper during Passover, his agony in the Garden of Gethsemane, his […]
