[Ed. Note: This year, Ash Wednesday occurred last week, February 22. We sent out a request for comment to our writer’s pool on the whole…
There are lots of reasons why people struggle with sleep and lots of them are modern in their origin—screen time right before bed, too…
The worldwide release of a new film entitled Jesus Revolution is set for today, February 24, 2023. The film is based on a book by…
The Apostle Paul thanked God greatly for the evident grace in the lives of the Corinthian believers (I Corinthians 1:4). Even so, as often is…
As part of a study on why it is becoming increasingly difficult for churches to find young pastoral candidates, the president of Barna Research, David…
I recently took in a podcast from the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood titled “Should We Call God Mother?” I commend the whole session…
As I preach through the book of Nehemiah, I am reminded of repeated conversations I had with my father over the years. I learned a…
In Paul’s letter to the Ephesians, Paul moves from doctrine to application, beginning in chapter four. After an exquisite detailing of our position in Christ…
FrontLine Volume 32 • Number 6 Prayer: Putting It into Practice Few topics are more important to the Christian life than prayer. At the same…
According to Barna Research, half of all American pastors are 55 years old or older. Pastors 40 years old and younger constitute only 15 percent…
F. W. Boreham described the time when he tried to comfort a distressed woman in an Australian railway station. Upon leaving the train she discovered…
Like wildfire, news services across the country have become infatuated with a revival that is occurring on the campus of Asbury College in Kentucky.…
In our four decades of marriage, we’ve been members of six different churches and visited several others. Most of the time, a change in church…
In my annual “read your Bible” post, I mentioned an “intense” reading schedule I’ve sometimes used. Another pastor suggested it to me and I’ve used…
Matthew 14:22-33 The Sea of Galilee is known for its sudden life-threatening storms. In the time of Christ, those who labored on Galilee were experienced…
“The question was not ‘why’ but ‘what?’ God, what would You have me to do?” writes Ellen Vaughn in her excellent biography, Becoming Elisabeth Elliot.…
There was a time when there were different clothes for different occasions. I say there ‘was a time’ because today casual is accepted as the…
So familiar and so profound are the words of the Declaration of Independence identifying the self-evident and unalienable rights of men that most think…
It is time to start making plans for the summer! Reserve the dates of June 12-14, 2023 and plan to head towards Ankeny, Iowa, and…
To his own master he stands or falls. Indeed, he will be made to stand, for God is able to make him stand. One person…
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