Tag Archives: Our Hope

Studying Ishmael’s life and specifically his rejection reminds us that life is not always fair. Sometimes the people who should take care of us and protect us from the cruelties of the world fail to do. Other times, the people we love most are the very ones who inflict pain ...

“If my people, who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV) The news we hear day in and ...

C. S. Lewis wrote a book called, The Problem of Pain. Pain is a great problem but it also is a great time of learning. This problem isn’t referring to what is wrong with pain, but the depth of pain. A good life, or the abundant life, does not mean a pain free ...

“You are the light of the world.  A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.”  Matthew 5:14 (NKJV) Jesus called His followers “the light of the world”.  By so doing, He reinforced the thread He Himself had taught them during their time together, which was the very ...

“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.”  John 3:16 (NKJV) Love comes to us in many ways, from many different places, and for many different reasons. But no matter where it comes ...