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The Books of the Bible: Luke - Acts

LUKE We have reunited the two volumes of Luke–Acts and placed them first because they provide an overview of the New Testament period. Luke wrote this two-volume history to serve ...

God Time

My four-year-old son, Jackson, was trying to get his straw in the juice pouch when he got lost in the food court crowd. I thought he was right behind me, ...

Living As a Called Person

Editor’s Note: Life is busy. Life can get chaotic. Often, we plan our business carefully, we calendar items down to 15 minute segments, we plan our school schedules, we organize ...

Living with Power and Weakness

Living with Power and WeaknessIt’s part of our nature as image bearers that each of us is given a certain amount of power. The way we relate to power, both ...

Formation of Women

What are the odds of this? I am the oldest of four kids, and only the youngest is a boy. I have only girl cousins on both sides of my ...

How to Raise a Strong Girl in a Princess World

When my oldest daughter Leslie was 5-years-old she refused to wear pants… for a whole year… because she was a princess. I thought it was cute for the first month, ...

Every Reason to Laugh

True to God’s word, Sarah had a baby boy, Isaac.Can you just see her in her traveling desert nursery? Layers of sheepskins overlapping, white and resplendent on a bed covered ...

How Do We Teach Our Children About Angels?

When I was a little girl, I was terrified of the dark. No matter how tired I was, when bedtime came, I did my best to stay awake because I ...

The Case for Grace: Through Adultery to Grace

Editor’s note: Today’s article begins in the middle of the story of Heidi and Brad, a Pastor “fallen from grace”. The question Heidi faced after he confessed to committing adultery ...

Grace on Tap

Living “in the world,” we can look for natural opportunities to dispense grace — not just words — to those around us. Gabe Lyons recommends inviting community leaders, whether Christian ...

The Extraordinary Ordinary

While walking by the Sea of Galilee, [Jesus] saw two brothers, Simon (who is called Peter) and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, for they were fishermen. ...

Pray for Physical Healing

Is anyone among you sick? Let them call the elders of the church to pray over them and anoint them with oil in the name of the Lord. And the ...

Tips For Bible Journaling With Our Teenagers

When our children are young, training them in the way they should go is relatively easy (Proverbs 22:6), but as they enter their teen years, guiding them becomes an increasingly ...

Rewriting the Story of Our Lives

As I read [the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John repeatedly] that month, I kept thinking back to one of the most beautiful depictions of the Gospel ever given ...

The Courage to be Unstoppable

The summer after I graduated college I packed up my tiny car and moved from New York to Georgia. I had sixty dollars and the promise of a friend’s couch ...

God’s Gift of Laughter

No, You Did LaughThe finest snippets of life are those in which laughter is at the core — events meaningful enough to be etched into our brains. Such times bring ...

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Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Free Bible Study featuring Max Lucado!

Face Uncertain Times with Unbreakable Courage

Join the FREE Online Bible Study and get access to 6 study videos and other Bible study resources - all free when you sign up! Study starts 10/5