Struggling to forgive someone? Not feeling forgiven yourself? Confide in an email mentor “Whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters. And so I tell you, people will be forgiven every sin and blasphemy. But blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. Anyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man...

This is part 2 in a 4 part series - Lessons for Christian Living It was a small thing-a driver cut you off, a classmate insulted you, your spouse forgot to pick you up-but suddenly you’re swearing and yelling. Or perhaps you find yourself tempted by other actions and attitudes, like gossip or bitterness, that take your focus off God. These...

Story told by Tom Archibald and Suellen Beatty, written by Laurie Wang TOM: Suellen likes to introduce me as her first and third husband because it surprises people. I can see why some people think it’s shocking and I guess it is, but I am so grateful to God that I have the privilege of being her husband today. A marriage  with God in it...

My husband was gone--and now I would have to determine how I would support myself and my five-year-old younger daughter. I was offered a full-time job in the downtown office where I had done some part-time work. "Oh, Lord," I prayed, "what should I do?  I hate the thought of putting Lori in the care of others all summer and after school. She's such...

This article is part of an extended series. We have now been justified by his blood. - Romans 5:9 [We] are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. - Romans 3:24 We hold that one is justified by faith apart from works of the law. - Romans 3:28 Justified or forgiven? Being justified before God...

This article is part of an extended series. In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses. Ephesians 1:7 This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.  Matthews 26:28 About grace When we forgive a debt or an offense or an injury, we don’t require a payment...

This is Part 4 of a series: Conversing with God through the Bible You’ve read the text. You’ve spent time thinking. Now comes prayer. The kind of prayer we’re talking about goes beyond merely asking for things – although there’s time for that, and God even tells us to do that often. But in the process of lectio divina, there’s a time...