Articles: 467
Practical reflections on following Jesus in everyday choices, work, and relationships.
Matthew 11:15, Matthew 13:9, Matthew 13:43, Mark 4:9, Mark 4:23, Mark 7:16, Luke 8:8, Luke 14:35 Matthew 11:15; 13:9, 43, Mark 4:9, 23; 7:16, Luke 8:8; 14:35 If there ever was a catch phrase of our Lord Jesus Christ,…
“Let’s ask my mom if we can go on a walk to the creek. I want to go wading.” Angie told her friend Melissa. “That sounds like fun,” Melissa said, following Angie to the kitchen. There was always something fun to do…
“Could you come with me to visit my sister and her husband?” a friend asked my husband. “They’re having serious marriage problems. My brother-in-law saw how God is working in our marriage and asked me how it happened.…
“Dr. Waldron,” the woman said to me as I prepared to leave the exam room. “I have one more question. How can I lose this extra weight?” I sighed inaudibly as I sat down to discuss the situation with her. Dealing with…
We all have a story. Some feel like Job sometimes. Some have lost parents, or partners, or children, or siblings, or friends. Some suffer from severe illness. Some will never recover from their illnesses. Our loved ones…
Greetings of Christian love to one and all. This past year and a half have been challenging in one way or another for most people. My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that…
“How is the new curriculum selling?” Sandra asked, wrapping her hands around her mug of coffee. “It’s slow,” Abby answered. “I need to do more advertising, but now that the product is finished, I find it difficult to…
Editor’s Note: Over the last number of years there seems to be a shift occurring on a variety of specific issues for some conservative Anabaptists. This changing of ideas and practice is not happening in a vacuum, rather…
One Sunday morning a little girl, whom we will call Jennika, woke up to the sun shining into her bedroom. She dressed in her Sunday dress just like she did every other Sunday morning. This Sunday morning was quite…
Delight thyself also in the LORD; and he shall give thee the desires of thine heart –Psalm 37:4. Down deep within every person is a desire to be, or to do, something of value. If we, as humans, had no desire to do…
I will praise thee; for I am fearfully and wonderfully made: marvellous are thy works; and that my soul knoweth right well –Psalm 139:14. We live in a world full of bacteria and viruses. It is estimated that there are…
Greetings of Christian love to each one. Another year has passed us by, and another is spread out before us to navigate. What is our perspective? Do we have hope and joy bubbling up in our hearts or does the future seem…
Do you want to have a good life? What is there that you believe you need to experience or accomplish so you can truly enjoy life? Many people’s main goal in life is to seek pleasure and to have fun. Much time and money…
Though I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, and have not charity, I am become as sounding brass, or a tinkling cymbal. And though I have the gift of prophecy, and understand all mysteries, and all knowledge;…
The grinding sound of truck tires driving in the gravel lane filled the air as I sat in the house reading an encyclopedia. Leaping to my feet, I peered out the window. Mom had just returned from the produce auction in…
Have you ever tried to change the world? I have. As a teenager I dreamed of the daring exploits I was going to do for God. As I set the table in my parent’s house, I waited for the day when I would be able to do greater…
We can’t afford to win the gain that means another’s loss; We can’t afford to miss the crown by stumbling at the cross. We can’t afford the heedless jest that robs us of a friend; We can’t afford the laugh that finds in…
Thou hast the dew of thy youth. Psalm 110:3 There are many aspects of youth which are not virtuous. Many youth of our day experience an early season of callused carelessness and casualty. Often decisions that are made in…
Greetings of Christian love to each one. I trust that each of you are finding peace, joy, and contentment in the circumstances that God has allowed into your life. This year, 2020, has been quite interesting to say the…
A group of men quietly crept through the overgrown jungle, hearing only the sound of their own breathing. Their eyes scanned everything around them. Their ears strained to pick up any sound. They knew the enemy was…
Unprecedented –without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled: an unprecedented event. You may have heard this word used more frequently in 2020 than in any prior year of recent…
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