Identify Yourself
Reading Time: 2 minutesRepublican or Democrat? Conservative or liberal? Cubs or Dodgers? Seahawks or Cowboys? There are countless ways to identify oneself….
His Struggles and Ours
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe story of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness is one of the most striking and memorable in the New…
Christ Alone
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe phrase Christ alone is at the center of the well-known declaration of the sixteenth century Reformers. They based…
Without Hope
Reading Time: 3 minutesIn preparing for this issue of the Bible Advocate, I read every passage in the Bible about hope. There…
Sing an Evening Hymn
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe phrase “the evening and the morning,” repeated throughout the first chapter of Genesis, underscores life’s daily-ness. In case…
After the Storm
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe weather forecast called for a sunny, dry day, so my husband and I and our son decided to…
Are You Tired Yet?
Reading Time: 3 minutesA preacher was pacing the floor, so one of his friends asked him, “What’s the trouble?” The preacher replied, “The…
Reforming-Transforming
Reading Time: 2 minutes The year 2016 and its “Equip for Discipleship” theme is a wrap! All of us at the BAP hope…
Finishing the Race
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe gravestone of one of my ancestors reads, “ I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course,…
Prophetic Pair
Reading Time: 6 minutesJonah is a strange book, not just because a prophet gets swallowed by a fish or God grows a…