by Rachel Freeny Editor’s note: Jennifer Kennedy Dean’s Altar’d can be used in a variety ways. Certainly individuals can benefit greatly from the book. There is, however, something to be said for processing material together as partners or in a group. When brothers and sisters meet together to pray, read the Word, and discuss a book like Altar’d, new insights and perspectives can be discovered,
Deliver Me from Evil is the first novel in the 3-novel “Freedom” series from Kathi Macias. Broad in scope and riveting in plot, the series explores the modern-day scourge of human trafficking through the perspectives of a variety of characters—victims, rescuers, traffickers, and more. Available in paperback and in ebook format. Special Delivery, book 2 in the “Freedom” series, is also now available in paperback
by Randy Bishop I grew up in Maryland, went to college there (go Terps!), and then moved to Illinois for several years. I’m used to snow. I like my winters cold. A little more than 4 years ago, I moved way south to Birmingham, Alabama. The winters are not that cold here, and we might get an inch of snow in a good year. (Locals
by Tom Blackaby Fellowship is the natural result when church members love one another. It is lost when love is absent. The kind of fellowship (koinonia as in Acts 2:42) that the New Testament church knew was not another word for “potluck dinner” or “coffee time.” It was a deep and sacrificial commitment of loyalty toward one another based on the unifying character of the
by Mary R. Snyder I wanted to be her friend. It was my focus and my plan. I wrapped my plotting in good intentions with thoughts and statements like: We need to make her feel welcome and It’s hard being the pastor’s wife. I wanted to be her ally, her closest confidante, and her best friend. My motives had nothing to do with her
por Jason C. Dukes Detesto el correo chatarra. No hace otra cosa que llenar mi carpeta de reciclaje o el cesto de basura. No me sirve de nada. No puedo aguantarlo. ¿Tengo en realidad que decirle cómo me siento? Tristemente, encuentro a muchos que en realidad se sienten tal como yo me siento en cuanto a correo chatarra. En la metáfora de correo electrónico, se
by Janet Thompson I was surprised at my husband’s shocked reaction to my request. But then I’d had time to consider and pray about the weight of what I was asking . . . I became a believer at the age of 12, but by my late 20s I was a divorced single mom with a successful career. For the next 17 years, I backslid
by Vicki J. Kuyper I believe confession is a God-given touchstone. In the Middle Ages, chemists and alchemists used touchstones to test the purity of gold and silver. When they dragged the black, flintlike stone across the surface of a potentially precious piece of metal, the mark that remained helped them differentiate between what was genuine and what was not. God’s touchstones serve the same
by Jennifer Kennedy Dean The Cross of Christ stands as the point of separation between the old person powered by death-driven corrupted flesh, and the new creation, powered by the very Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead. At the moment you embrace the Cross, you receive its power into your life—a power that is eternally and continually working. Paul says that “death is at
by Kathy Howard My husband, Wayne, and I began to rejoice when the doctor said, “It’s a girl.” But when we didn’t hear her cry, we knew something was wrong. Our first child, Kelley, was not breathing, and her little body was blue. The doctor and nurses began to furiously work over her. They gave her oxygen, but still she did not breathe on her