Enjoying the Spring of Your Life
See! The winter is past; the rains are over and gone. Flowers appear on the earth;the season of singing has come; thecooing of doves is heard in our land.(Song of Solomon 2:11-12) Spring is an exciting time of year. Flowers are blooming, the grass is renewing its color, and new life is “springing” forth. It […]
Work First, Play Later
Q. I brought about $15,000 in student loan debt into our marriage. I’m 26, my wife is 27, and we’ve been married a little over a year. During that time, our parents have helped us out with financial gifts occasionally. Whenever this happens, my wife and I get into an argument. She likes to use […]
You Are Part of a Great Conspiracy
The biggest conspiracy of the ages is one that divides the human race into believers and nonbelievers. The resurrection of Jesus Christ has been explained away by doubters across the ages. The narrative in the Gospels has been confirmed through historical records and writers of the time. However, the conspiracy theory also immediately emerged as […]
A Shepherd for the Sheep:
Reality & Truth Ministries
There is no greater visual to LaDonna Brendle than seeing someone smile. Seeing someone have hope who hasn’t had it. Someone who believes in Jesus who hadn’t previously believed. “I just love that,” she said. “It’s like seeing the Lord transform people right before your very eyes, and it’s beautiful.” This is her life’s work. […]
“Call to Prayer”
What the world observed after the night of January 2nd certainly became a moving experience, with a stirring devotion to prayer. Expressions of prayer were commonplace for several weeks after Buffalo defensive back Damar Hamlin went into cardiac arrest and collapsed. WORLD Magazine, on its website, stated: “Almost immediately after the incident, ESPN showed Bills […]
Faith @ Work: Mikala McCurry, Outreach Specialist-Maxwell AFB
RRC: How does your prayer life sustain you through your profession when challenges arise? MM: My prayer life brings me immeasurable peace when challenges arise professionally and personally. When I feel overwhelmed, stressed, or defeated, I immediately pray to God. His peace overtakes negative feelings I may experience and replaces them with understanding, confidence, and […]
Water For My Camels: Navigating the Space Between Singleness and Marriage by Paul Grimmond
There’s little doubt that the modern world creates some unique challenges when it comes to navigating the space between singleness and marriage. There are a host of factors that exist across Western culture and a separate bundle of issues that exist within Christian culture. Put together they can create significant difficulties in successfully pairing up […]
Timothy Keller: His Spiritual and Intellectual Formation by Collin Hansen
I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did. I enjoy reading a good biography as much as anyone, but was perhaps a bit skeptical about a book that, instead of focusing on an individual’s life and accomplishments, instead describes his spiritual and intellectual formation. Yet what could have been a mite […]
Living Daily in Resurrection Power
This month’s Pastor’s Perspective is delivered by Pastor Kyle Searcy, Fresh Anointing House of Worship Therefore, we were buried with Him through baptism into death, that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. Romans 6:3-4 The resurrection is […]