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Compelled

Reading Time: 5 minutesWhat compels you? What drives you to do what you do? What motivates you to act? These questions arise…

Peace in Christ

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn exploring the ministry of reconciliation this year, we will spotlight six chapters from the Bible to aid us…

Hostility or Hospitality?

Reading Time: 4 minutesTuba players can be difficult neighbors. Denise discovered this firsthand as a property manager for an apartment complex. “He…

Reason Enough

Reading Time: 3 minutesLike many other women, I can look you in the eye and carry on an intelligent conversation while overhearing…

River of Life

Reading Time: 3 minutesAlong the muddied banks of the Jordan, thin reeds, the color of sage, reached toward the sky, bending gently…

Needed: Peacemakers

Reading Time: 4 minutesIn the Bible we find a wonderful story of reconciliation between two brothers, Jacob and Esau (Genesis 33). For…

Shipwrecked!

Reading Time: 3 minutesVenturing out on the lonely highways and byways of Asia Minor in the days of the early church put…

If the Ten Commandments are for Christians, why aren’t the feast days?

Reading Time: 3 minutesIf the Ten Commandments are for Christians, why aren’t the feast days? With many Christians, we view the…

The Dusty Bible

Reading Time: < 1 minute  I found an old, old Bible  Tucked away with other books. And felt perhaps a…

If I Had Faked the Resurrection

Reading Time: 6 minutesI set out as a young man to refute Christianity. I met some young Christians who challenged me to…