Archive for October 2014
Dealing with Depression Head On, Part 1
A Divine Description of Depression from Psalm 143 Matt Recker In a recent report on how Americans view the future of our country, 76% said they do not have the confidence that our children’s generation will have it better than us. The gloom many of our citizens feel goes beyond wealth, gender, ethnicity, region, age…
Read MorePutting Things in Order
An anonymous pastor The old saying “easier said than done” comes to mind as I think upon what the apostle Paul’s admonition must have sounded like to Titus (1:5). After appointing spiritual leadership in the churches, Titus was to go about his work of “setting in order” (the term refers to the setting of a…
Read MoreCultivating Faith (4): A Man of Courage (Genesis 14.1-16)
Jim Oesterwind The Courage of a Rescuer (Genesis 14.1-16) Every Adventure Story Has a Villain (14.1-11) Every good adventure story has a villain, a victim, and the courage of a victor. There is also a catalyst, circumstance and/or event that sets everything in motion. Look beyond the names that are difficult to pronounce in the…
Read MoreDo These Thoughts Make You Fear?
Don Johnson Sometimes concepts seem to come together for me all of a sudden. I may be studying one subject, a book of the Bible, say, for a series of messages and at the same time reading another book for personal interest or some other study project. In company with this comes some life experience…
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