One Question to Enhance Your Quiet Time and Sweeten Your Worship
The First Question “Do you have a hymnbook?” pastor/teacher Sinclair Ferguson asked this question recently during one of his podcast episodes. Convinced I was going to win points in some mysterious spiritual life exam, I was pleased to answer, “Yes.”...
How to Lead Our Children to a High View of God
We don’t have to read more than a chapter or two of the Bible to meet characters we love to emulate—and characters we don’t. On its hallowed pages, we discover heroes of the faith and enemies of God, shining examples of courage and stunning displays of cowardice. Some...
Learn King David’s Secret to Happiness
If Time magazine polled its readers, looking for the 950 B.C. Man of the Year, I’m pretty sure King David would have been a shoe in. A military man, he was handsome, clever, and brave. He had political smarts and charisma. He played an instrument...
How to Hear God’s Voice — and that Fiasco on the Mountain
In an attempt to hear God's voice, the fiasco on the mountain was truly a pathetic scene. The prophets of Baal were desperate to prove the superiority of their false God. They worked themselves into a frenzy. They danced. They sang. They called out. After...
What Went Wrong with Peter? Living and Dying with Jesus
“What do you think happened to Peter?” I asked my pastor/husband. I’d been reading the account of the Passover week, and Peter’s loyalty to Christ stood in sharp contrast to his betrayal. At the Last Supper, Peter declared he was willing to die with Christ. When...
Nature Can Teach the Church a Surprising Lesson
It’s a beautiful thing when people work as a team. A well-executed series of plays that leads to a touchdown. (Did you watch the Super Bowl?) An orchestra of musicians playing the same composition on different instruments. A platoon of soldiers walking in...