Christmas Promises
Christmas Promises
God Uses Everything – Why Our Suffering Is Never Wasted
God Uses Everything Why Our Suffering Is Never Wasted Article by Vaneetha Rendall Risner Regular Contributor Recently I was hurt by a friend over an insensitive comment she made. My first response was to get upset, and then I began mentally cataloging a list of...
Christmas Now and Once Before
Below is an article that I came across today that has so very much to say about the Christmas season and the tug that we feel from both the Bethlehem stable and the world. It was written ten years ago and originally published int he Yale News of Yale University....
The Past Unwrapped in the Present
The Past Unwrapped in the Present
The Purpose of Christmas
The Purpose of Christmas
With Thankful Hearts
One of the most destructive conflicts in European history was the Thirty Years War, fought between 1618-1648. By 1637 all the pastors of Eilenberg, Germany had either abandoned the city or died of disease, leaving a Lutheran Deacon named Martin Rinkart to care for the...
The Offense of the Cross
The Offense of the Cross
Hagar Slavery for Sarah Freedom
Hagar Slavery for Sarah Freedom
Until Christ is Formed Within You
Until Christ is Formed Within You
Enslaved to Non Gods
Enslaved to Non Gods
Faith of a Servant or a Son
Faith of a Servant or a Son
It Takes A Church
In my last blog post, I shared a quote from Eugene Peterson regarding the reasons that we are exhorted not to neglect our gathering together with our family in Christ. Recently, I have found a similar admonition while reading Alistair Begg’s recent book, Pray Big. In...
Five Reasons The Promise is Superior to the Law
Five Reasons The Promise is Superior to the Law
Do Not Neglect Meeting Together
“And let us consider how to stimulate one another to love and good deeds, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some…” (Hebrews 10:24-25). There was a time in my life that I saw this passage as a preacher’s ploy to fill the seats of the church sanctuary....
Redeemed From the Curse of the Cross
Redeemed From the Curse of the Cross
Who Has Bewitched You?
Who Has Bewitched You?
Life Together
“Some people have the idea that the church is a place of warning: don’t do this; be careful about that; you are in danger of this; beware of that. They see religion as a series of red lights, stopping us just when we are getting up to speed and about to arrive...
Table Manners
Table Manners