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 >
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 >
Mentoring Changes Lives
Mentoring is a God-given opportunity for trained people to invest their lives and experiences in the lives of others. It was modeled by Christ who was confidante, leader, and teacher as well as Lord. The Mentor Center (TMC), an important part of TruthMedia’s Internet ministry, is a way to conduct mentoring online. Visitors to our sites [...] Read More >
Have better faith conversations
Most subjects are fair game for discussion at work: weekend activities, family life, health, the economy, sports, politics … but talking about faith? Religion? Christianity? It likely depends on your particular work environment, but in many places, talking about faith is a taboo topic. One of the worst insults in modern Western culture is to be [...] Read More >
An Old Testament Lesson on Contentment: Hannah
I’d been praying for a husband for a long time. In fact, I adapted Hannah’s request for a son in I Samuel 1:11 to my situation: “O LORD of hosts, if you will indeed look on the affliction of your servant and remember me and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant [...] Read More >
Connecting Through Technology
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