Does One Really Matter?
Repulsive. Dirty. Cast aside. Unwanted. Abandoned. All of these words described the orphaned girl in the picture. I wanted to turn away, but I couldn’t. I wanted to pretend she wasn’t there, and go back to ironing, cooking, anything to take my mind off the image glaring at me from my computer screen … but [...] Read More >
Should Christians participate in Halloween?
Halloween is nearly here, and for some Christians, it’s a truly frightful time of year. For others, however, it’s seen as a mostly benign secular holiday. Growing up in a non-Christian household, I always looked forward to Halloween. It wasn’t because of the costumes or macabre imagery often associated with it though. I looked forward mostly [...] Read More >
Tithing in Tough Economic Times
Well-known Christian authors/pastors, like Rick Warren and Francis Chan, are known to “reverse tithe”. Instead of tithing 10%, they tithe 90% of their income. This is possible because they earn large amounts of money from their books and other sources. Although the graciousness and commitment of these men should be commended (they are of course [...] Read More >
New Authority for a Marine
“Who am I to counsel and advise 600 men?” I asked myself. “And what really are my values?” I had never examined my beliefs before. But now that I had been promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, I felt I had to. At Annapolis, I was put in charge of a battalion of [...] Read More >
Judge Gives Probation to Parents in Prayer-death Case
What role should prayer play in the medical care parents provide to their children? Recently two parents were found guilty of second-degree reckless homicide, a charge that carries up to 25 years in prison, after they prayed for their sick daughter instead of taking her to a doctor: The Central Wisconsin parents convicted in their daughter’s [...] Read More >
A Bruised Reed He Will Not Break
Donned in her favorite nightgown Kimberly* slips under the covers anticipating a good night’s sleep. Patting her husband’s shoulder she says, Goodnight honey… Tentatively Ron reaches out for Kimberly and nuzzles her check giving her a tender kiss. With a familiar sick sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach, Kimberly wriggles away from Ron, [...] Read More >
Should Christians expect healing?
Does God desire that each of us be healed? Yes, in the sense that our loving God does not desire that any of His children would be burdened with pain. However, similar to how God desires that all will be saved (ex. 1 Timothy 2:4) but not all will in fact be saved (ex. John [...] Read More >
What makes you angry?
The Barna Group poll results, summarized below, can help us to gauge what seems to be the most important moral issues to many Christians in America. Barna asked people which issues they thought was a “major problem” facing the country: Abortion is the overwhelming choice of evangelicals as the nation’s top moral problem, according to a [...] Read More >
The Legacy of a Christian Father
I grew up as a pastor’s kid. I am also adopted. My birth mom was only a teenager when she had me. She was in an abusive marriage with an alcoholic. In order to give me a better life, my birth mother and biological dad thought it in my best interest to be given to [...] Read More >
Lessons Learned Through Pursuing Adoption
“My sister cannot keep this baby can you take her?” This question turned my world upside down one day as this phone call came out of the blue. The baby’s name was Cassie, she was fifteen months old and needed a home. Read More >
Connecting Through Technology
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