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Do You Want Your Faith to Grow?

But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. — 2 Peter 3:18Growing Stronger in FaithMany years ago, engineers made plans to construct a suspension ...

Heart Made Whole: Pain Can Be Healed

Heart CheckTake a moment and place your hand on your chest, breathing in deeply and becoming aware of the physical organ that beats inside to pump life and blood to ...

Bringing Order to Chaos: Shalom

When God wanted to bring order out of chaos and create the universe, He spoke, “Let there be light!” When He wanted to bring a once-and-for-all solution to the problem ...

Parenting Funny Kids Is No Joke

“Each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve others, faithfully administering God’s grace in its various forms.” — 1 Peter 4:10I bet, if you think back ...

Forgiveness: A National Tragedy and Radical Love at Mother Emanuel AME

Editor’s Note: On June 17, 2015, at 9:05 p.m., a young man with a handgun opened fire on a prayer meeting at the Mother Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church ...

When You Discover Your Place in God's Plan

God’s story is glorious, surprising, victorious, and beautiful. His story, when we really listen closely, is our story.IntroductionDo you remember a time you got lost? Perhaps it was a crowded ...

Who Do You Say That I Am?

Editor’s Note: Searching for Jesus: New Discoveries in the Quest for Jesus of Nazareth — and How They Confirm the Gospel Accounts is a Biblical exploration into how the latest ...

The Law of Reaping and Sowing

The law of cause and effect is a basic law of life. The Bible calls it the Law of Sowing and Reaping.You reap whatever you sow. If you sow to ...

5 Big Bible Story Takeaways for Little Ones

Helping to Apply Big Stories to Kids’ Lives Even at a Young AgeI remember snuggling with my son Cory when he was a toddler and reading Bible stories to him. ...

The Sixth Love Language

Editor’s Note: Chad and Julie Veach’s lives turned upside down when they learned that their beautiful baby girl Georgia had a rare brain disorder called Lissencephaly. Soon friends began getting ...

Lord, You Are Good

As I boarded a plane last week, the pilot called my name. He was standing in the cockpit entrance, greeting passengers.“Well, hello, Max.” I looked up. It was my friend ...

Without Him How Lost I Would Be

May the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with all of you.— 2 Thessalonians 3:16The story goes that as a seventeen-year-old, he ...

Winning at Life: Give God the Glory

The Bible is a book about many things, but one of the great themes running from cover to cover is men and women rising to the challenges in life through ...

An Invitation to Pray

If you received an invitation from a highly respected person of influence to come by his or her house for coffee or to go for a walk along the river ...

Communion: Awareness of Holiness

And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body given for you; do this in remembrance of Me. — Luke ...

Begin Your Journey with God

It almost sounds like some kind of advertising slogan, but this little play on words really says it: “God will make a way” begins with God. It’s not your belief ...

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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