Growing up, I always took comfort in my mother’s words of reassurance when I was frightened or anxious about something. When she told me that everything would be fine, I could breathe a sigh of relief! Yet there were times when I needed extra reassurance as I struggled, doubt creeping ...
Read More »A Dozen Don’ts to Avoid When at Church
Church is a place of worship. It’s a place where everyone can feel like they belong. But it’s also a place where a dozen things can go right, or very wrong. Mistakes and mishaps are no respecter of person or place. Nevertheless, the church is a place that invites happiness ...
Read More »Martyrdom: To Die For Christ
On Sunday, April 19, 2015, ISIS released another video allegedly showing the murders of Ethiopian Christians in Libya. The video shows one of these terrorists reading a statement, in which he states that Christians have the option to either convert to Islam or pay a tax set in the Quran. ...
Read More »Can We Learn From the Apocryphal Books?
Many devout, practicing Christians read, analyze and pray about many books of the Bible. For many, this focuses on the New Testament, but still others research and delve into rather obscure Old Testament scriptures. As “God-breathed” works, studying the whole Word of God is of course key to our understanding ...
Read More »Lady Antebellum’s Bus Goes Up in Flames–You Won’t Believe What Survived
If you caught the news Thursday night, you probably heard that Lady Antebellum’s tour bus caught fire while traveling along Interstate 30 in Garland, Texas. According to reports, the country music crew was heading to the American Country Music Awards, where they are scheduled to perform, when the bus transporting ...
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