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Review: The Reformation Study Bible, ESV

Because our church just switched to the ESV I was thrilled to review the new ESV Reformation Study Bible.   You see, I love the 2005 Reformation Study Bible (in NKJV), and this one promised to be at least as good.  Why? It uses the ESV which is what I need right now (although a new […]

Review: Take My Hand Again

Not only are our children growing older, but so are our parents.  And, while the children are becoming more independent, the parents may be becoming more dependent.  That is the way life works in our broken world. It’s not easy, this business of our parents growing older.  It is difficult emotionally, of course.  But there […]

Review: Discovering the 5 Love Languages at School

You have probably heard about Gary Chapman’s 5 Love Languages and how they can transform relationships.  This simple concept suggests that people give and feel love in 5 main ways or ‘languages’: words of affirmation, quality time, acts of service, gifts, touch. Once people understand the concept that some of these ‘languages’ will make an individual person […]

A Prayer for Loved Ones in Distress

How long, O LORD?  Will you forget her forever? How long will you hide your face from her? How long must she wrestle with her thoughts and every day have sorrow in her heart? How long will her enemy triumph over her? Look on her and answer, O LORD my God. Give light to her […]

Review: Blind Spots by Collin Hansen

Sometimes nice, godly people get upset with other people who do not share their vision for the church or for how we ought to serve our Lord Jesus.  Their assumption is that they are right and that the other people don’t care, are not committed, or are wrong. According to Collin Hansen in his recent […]