October 2017

During World War II my parents moved from Wisconsin to Battle Creek, Michigan, where they could educate their growing family of six children in a…

Q: I’ve always thought that fasting was a religious thing, but lately I heard that it is now recommended for my health. So is it…

Curtains drawn, lights dimmed, an anxious hush reverberated through the sixth-grade classroom. The Bible teacher’s rich baritone bellowed, “Turn your lives over to Jesus! He…

In looking at the Reformation and the lives of the Reformers, we emphasize the biblical and theological elements, and often fall short of applying the…

Has your congregation ever tried to have a testimony-based worship service, in which volunteers share personal testimonies as the basis for the worship hour? This…

The kingdom of heaven involves multiple perspectives. A bird’s-eye perspective may take you above the treetops. The astronaut’s-eye view may take you to the international…

“[Christ] is everywhere, but He does not wish that you grope for Him everywhere. Grope rather where the Word is, and there you will lay…

Comfort for the Day Steve and Karen Nicola, Comfort for the Day: Living Through the Seasons of Grief, 3rd edition (Bloomington, Ind.: Westbow Press, 2016),…

Like father, like son. Chip off the old block. The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree. I never understood how much truth was behind…

Writing anything about anniversaries is daunting work, which is why so many of us opt for the crafted verse of greeting cards. With pen in…