Walk Into the New

Walk Into the New

As we begin a new year, many of us look for a fresh start. We set new goals and intentions, hoping that this year will be different in some way. But the greatest new beginning doesn’t come from trying harder; it comes from believing the truth about what Jesus has...
How Did Jesus Get to Be God?

How Did Jesus Get to Be God?

Out of the mouths of babes come some of the hardest issues that ever confront theologians, to say nothing of Sunday school teachers or parents. For example, the question that my son, then five years of age, once put to me in rush-hour traffic: “Daddy,” he said, “how...
Choosing Grace Over Grudges

Choosing Grace Over Grudges

Bitterness always promises power, but it never delivers. It tells us that holding on will protect us, justify us, or somehow balance the scales. Yet the longer we clutch our grudges, the more they clutch us. They drain our joy, cloud our judgment, and quietly shape...
6 Secrets of Strong Families

6 Secrets of Strong Families

LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL   When Larry Alexander learned that he had eighteen months to live, his world came crashing down. The prospect of experimental surgery offered some hope, but the future was pretty bleak. His wife, Anne, then pregnant with their third...
The Lord Needs You Right Where You Are

The Lord Needs You Right Where You Are

LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL   Wanting to give her daughter a beautiful wedding in spite of a limited budget, the mother of the bride gathered blossoms from friends’ magnolia trees, and the night before the wedding, banked the front of the church with the luscious,...