The Tale of Two Gardens
This month’s Pastor’s Perspective is delivered by Dr. Peyton Hill, First Baptist Church, Prattville This month Christians will remember the death and celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. Good Friday and Easter Sunday form the central event of history. Most churches will gather in some way to sing songs of the cross and the empty tomb, […]
Date Night Can Be Inexpensive AND Fun!
We’re trying to get control of our finances by living on a budget. We also have about $18,000 in debt we are trying to pay off. My husband brings home $3,400 a month, and I am currently taking care of our eight-month-old baby. We would like to have a date night once a month, and […]
50 Ethical Questions
by J. Alan Branch
These are confusing times, aren’t they? These are confusing times for those who wish to live according to God’s Word and unto God’s glory. There is a host of questions we need to wrestle with, a host of ethical dilemmas we need to consider. Is abortion permissible? Is it permissible in cases of rape or […]
You’re Only Human
by Kelly Kapic
You know as well as I do that you are a finite being. Yet you know as well as I do that at times you fight against your finitude, you battle against your inevitable limits and boundaries as if they are a problem to be overcome or even a sin to be repented of. Yet […]
Where Should My Child Park His Money?
Our son is 13, and he has been doing some part-time work for a friend of the family. He makes $40 to $60 a week, and he would like to begin investing the majority of what he earns. Do you have a suggestion? Well, here’s the thing. At this point in his life, the goal […]
New Things Are Coming!
Do you remember a few weeks ago when we got up to about 80 degrees? The sun was out, and the sky was powder blue. I bought a Jeep this year and that was my first chance to take the doors and top off, so you better believe I took advantage of it! Riding down […]
Choosing to Grow
This month’s Pastor’s Perspective is delivered by Father Andrew Rowell, Christchurch Montgomery Scripture doesn’t tell us much about Jesus’s early years. For the most part, God’s Word summarizes the thirty years between Jesus’s birth and His baptism in Luke 2:52, where we learn that Jesus “grew in the knowledge and stature of the Lord.” Not […]
Faith @ Work: Jeff Baker,
Jack Ingram Mercedez-Benz
When did you come to realize you needed to be redeemed by the saving work of Christ? I was once an incurable prodigal living a life of duality. I only came to Jesus with my need; never my heart. In January of 2016, I finally began the journey of becoming and being my real self […]
The Sometimes-Forgotten Qualities of True Friendship
Christian people are not only called to give constructive correction. We are also called to receive it. Just as our cowardice may prevent us from offering such correction, so our pride may prevent us from receiving it. Encouraging words that build up and corrective words that steer away from sin and toward physical, emotional, and […]
When God’s Absence Helps You See Clearly
I stood at my sister’s memorial service six years ago, having not spoken to God for the several days following her death. The anger was too much. The hurt, the pain, the rawness. Two days after her passing, I literally held out my hand in a darkened bedroom when all I could feel around me […]