Thirty years ago this weekend we were engaged and in a few months we will celebrate our 28th wedding anniversary. Even after all these years it is good for us to look at others who have walked this path before, whose long marriages have been a living testimony of God’s goodness. Recently I attended the […]
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Review: No Little Women by Aimee Byrd
Aimee Byrd says bad theology is entering doctrinally sound churches via women’s ministries. Others agree. If true, this is an incredibly serious matter, since theology is the study of who God is. No Little Women discusses the problem and suggests the solution, Equipping All Women in the Household of God. This book is written primarily […]
Review: How to Live in Fear by Lance Hahn
We and our kids live in an age of anxiety. Most of us know someone who lives in fear, and maybe we do so ourselves. Much of the time the fear is mild but sometimes there are panic attacks, and sometimes seemingly endless stretches of unbearable terror. As Christians, we need to be able to support […]
God Presents the Savior: Behold My Servant
Throughout the entire Old Testament, repeatedly and in many ways, we are confronted with our need for a Savior. Then in Isaiah 42:1-4, God presents him to us. “Behold, my servant,” he proclaims through Isaiah, pointing out six things he wants us to notice about him: Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in […]