When something doesn’t turn out the way we hope, we feel disappointed. There are degrees of disappointment, from a passing bad day to outright devastation. Christians are not shielded from disappointment. Actually, believers might have a tendency to struggle more from this emotional ailment than those who do not believe ...
Read More »When God Lets Bad Things Happen
“How can we trust that God won’t bring any more bad things to us?” This was the question my son asked one morning. As I pondered the answer, I thought about the three Hebrew boys in the book of Daniel. King Nebuchadnezzar made a grand statue, a golden image that ...
Read More »The Heart of the Battle
Friends, we have a relentless enemy that stalks us like a roaring lion, looking for someone to devour (1 Peter 5:8). Fortunately for us, he’s an already beaten foe that can easily be parried by appropriately using the Word of God. Why? Because God’s Word is true and the enemy ...
Read More »Lady Antebellum’s Bus Goes Up in Flames–You Won’t Believe What Survived
If you caught the news Thursday night, you probably heard that Lady Antebellum’s tour bus caught fire while traveling along Interstate 30 in Garland, Texas. According to reports, the country music crew was heading to the American Country Music Awards, where they are scheduled to perform, when the bus transporting ...
Read More »Beauty Beyond Our Ashes
Fire has a way of destroying everything in its path. Think about the fierce forest fires that swept through California. Acres of trees destroyed with nothing left behind except ashes–ashes that serve to remind us of the beauty that was once there. Whenever a fire strikes, you can be sure ...
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