As followers of Jesus Christ, we are often called Christians. Jesus, however, never referred to those who followed Him as Christians; He called them disciples.…

The story is told of an American who scoffed at a French tightrope walker. Despite the Frenchman’s long list of daring accomplishments, the American challenged…

With every centimeter of progress heralded by the hallway growth chart, my panic and trepidation become more deeply rooted in the reality that someday —…

For six thousand years, God’s love has called us back when we’ve strayed. In the first two thousand years, God worked with individuals in a…

The Door and the Storm by Sarah Leteta   I’m reading the book of Revelation. It’s night and it’s stormy, which seems appropriate. Isn’t a good…

The first book of the Bible, Genesis, contains occasional prophetic statements scattered like seeds throughout its chapters. Revelation, the Bible’s last book, reveals the great…

My mind goes blank when someone asks if I have a favorite verse, even when the question is more specific, as in “Write a five-hundred…

“Alleluia! For the Lord God Omnipotent reigns! Let us be glad and rejoice and give Him glory, for the marriage of the Lamb has come,…

By age thirteen, I had learned about the world’s empires and kingdoms, past and present. And I had lived through one called the Third Reich,…

We humans have an affinity with beasts. Little wonder, considering we both were made from the ground on the sixth day.