When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? Acts 1:6 We so often get so busy with our agendas that we totally forget why we are here. Why is it God created us and then recreated us in Christ Jesus?…
This letter is the second in a series of seven letters written to churches in Asia Minor at the end of the first century AD. In these letters, John gave a personal message from Christ to each church. Each message expressed Christ’s up-close perspective on the spiritual condition of each one. Just as we benefit…
Two chicken-fried steaks with gravy and sliced onions. A triple-patty bacon cheeseburger. Cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and jalapenos. A bowl of fried okra and ketchup. One pound of barbecued meat with half a loaf of white bread. Three fajitas. A meat lovers pizza. One pint of ice cream. A slab…
As I write this, we are anxiously anticipating the results of the national elections in the United States. It’s Tuesday, November 3, 2020 and today will undoubtedly be like many other election days. Filled with political pontifications and exit polls, analysis will run late into the evening. Over the years, people have expressed their anxious…
[Note: we published this article two years ago, just before the last USA national election. Since today is election day in the USA, we republish it today as a reminder to our readers eligible to vote in the election. If you have not yet voted, we urge you to get out and vote. – Ed.]…
Published by Kevin Schaal, October 28, 2020 “This is a horrible election.” Those were my words in 2016. I was speaking to a group of pastors in Nairobi who had asked me about the elections in the US. I ended up voting for Donald Trump in 2016 but I was not happy about it.…
The rise of the political organization Black Lives Matter and the modern social justice movement has caused no small disturbance in the American church. Some people are confused, some are overwhelmed, some are overconfident, and some are deceived. I’m specifically concerned for friends of mine in conservative Christianity who are blindly accepting this movement while…
“Sanctify [set them apart] through thy truth; thy word is truth.” (John 17:17) I was stunned when I received that phone call. At 28 years of age, I had become the youth pastor of a church in South Carolina. And I realized fairly quickly that we had a problem in our church. One of our…
Amy Coney Barrett, The Pope, and Joe Biden have something in common–they are all Roman Catholic. There was news this week about Pope Francis endorsing same-sex unions. I do think, in our discussion, it is important to be clear regarding what he actually said. Colleen Dulle does a fair job of summarizing what he said…
The Canadian Press published a story with the phrase “Looking for Answers” used to open the headline. As Christians, we’ve heard some testify of times in their life when they were “looking for answers” and someone gave them a tract, or invited them to a Bible study, or gave a personal witness. Those opportune moments…