Where do you draw the line? I thought of that issue when Brother Andrew—the man often described as “God’s Smuggler”—sat at lunch with me and a group of friends and told of being severely criticized because he had reached out to the Hezbollah, in an attempt to bring...
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...
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...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL A certain woman wanting to join her church group going to Israel wondered if she should really spend the money. “God,” she prayed, “ give me a sign; show me what I should do.” Placing the glossy brochure on her table beside the bed, she...
Have you ever asked yourself, “Why do people end up marrying jerks?” I’m talking about the situation where a person has married someone who is totally undeserving of the other, someone who treats the other person disrespectfully, or is in no way an equal. It happens....
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Divide and conquer is not only the modus operandi of warfare, it is also the strategy of children who know that if they can play parents against each other, or pit weariness against the single parent, they have won the battle. Our...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL The persistent refusal to do something about an issue that troubles you is what gives birth to chronic worry. Worry, however, is a choice, a bad decision which can be overcome. Interested in breaking the worry habit? Then follow these...
Cell phones are wonderful when they work, but when you are in an area where your signal is breaking up, it can be frustrating. You hear the person’s voice fading in and out, and you keep talking, hoping that he or she is listening. Then, suddenly, you realize you have...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL Where have all the fathers gone? That the influence of men in families and society has lessened in recent days is without question. Look for the missing dad in so many one-parent families, the father, also, who leaves before the...
LISTEN TO THE DEVOTIONAL “Don’t be troubled; don’t be afraid!” He knew what was ahead; they didn’t. But instead of struggling with panic, Jesus was calm, fully in control. When you are stronger than the circumstances which confront you, you, too, can have this...