Five Minutes At A Time
by Darlene Franklin, author of The 12-Month Guide to Better Prayer for Women. How does anyone, whether someone in the highly stressful position of pastor or in the continuing drama of a nursing home, rest in God when drama breaks out? By slaying our dragons,...
Invited
“For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.” (Luke 19:10 NIV) Rejection he understood. He was well acquainted with ridicule. He had been teased about being short ever since he could remember. Growing up, he was always the butt of the jokes, the last...
Our Amazing Bible!
Our Amazing Bible!, by Brian Simmons, lead Translator of The Passion Translation. It would be impossible to calculate how many lives have been changed forever by the power of the Bible, the living Word of God! My life was transformed forever because I believed the...
Truisms
“Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom . . .” (Colossians 3:16a) Truisms are little sayings that attempt to communicate what seems to be self-evident truth. For example: “An apple a day keeps the doctor...
Identity
“Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved . . .” (Colossians 3:12a NIV) Who you are has a direct bearing on how you behave. Who you think you are has even more bearing on how you behave. This is why the Apostle Paul labors to explain whom we are...
Hear
“In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation– having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit . . .” Ephesians 1:13 (NASB) One day when my son was around six years old, he was getting into the...
PASTORS AND PIETISM: Part 3
Copyright © 2017 Roger Helland Recently, I had coffee with a long-time friend and colleague. We discussed the condition of our conference, and our pastors—some of whom were angry and combative—and of our own lives. We mused on the dire necessity for today’s church and...
Voice
“For this reason I remind you to fan into flame the gift of God, which is in you through the laying on of my hands.” (2 Timothy 1:6 NIV) You have a gift from God. Using your gift makes you a gift from God (Rm. 12:3-8). Your gift is your voice for God. God speaks...