During her imprisonment, Mrs. Prest’s resilience continued to shine with amazement. She was offered the chance to recant and to return to her family and live a quiet life if she would only renounce her beliefs and submit to the Roman Catholic mass. But she refused. To one who encouraged her to reconsider, she replied,... Continue Reading

By slowing down, prioritizing rest, and cultivating joy, we can experience the beauty of Advent and the personal God who came to us. May the peace and love of Christ fill our hearts and homes this Advent and always. Ultimately, our intimacy with Christ is more important than anything else we could fill our time... Continue Reading

Godly growth will lead us to fruitful, solid, and lasting relationships that focus on others. The twenty-first-century church will face all the challenges of the first century and then some. But, God willing, we will chart a course that will produce Christ-like and Christ-honoring reciprocal relationships. One of the best metrics for measuring the biblical... Continue Reading

This world is uncertain, and the mode of leaving it is also hidden from us. We can rejoice, though, that our Savior Jesus Christ has in his resurrection defeated death and hell and thereby secured a place for us in heaven with him forever. He will welcome us into his loving arms the moment our... Continue Reading

Don’t remove yourself from the world—we aren’t called to bunker down, lock out the world, and wait for our “beam me up, Jesus” moment. Pray, study, research, and learn as much as you can about the culture God has placed you in. It’s not by accident that you are drawing breath in a certain corner... Continue Reading

Do you wish you could control your child’s experience in the world and guarantee the outcome? Zoom out: that’s not on you. Sometimes it sounds trite to say God is sovereign, but not so here. Here it makes all the difference to a concerned parent. You are freed to steward your household without assuming the... Continue Reading

We are saved by God, from God, for God. That is the full irony of the drama of salvation. Finally, we read of God’s promise of a new heaven and a new earth, the promise of a new Jerusalem that will descend from heaven itself. This is the capstone of the revelation that John received while... Continue Reading

For many long-term missionaries, their greatest need upon returning home is not financial support but connection. Imagine coming back to your church after being away for eight years—so much has changed. Veteran missionaries often seek reconnection with those who sent them out to the nations. Church leaders should prioritize efforts to facilitate reintegration and reconnection for... Continue Reading

Union with Christ is such a glorious reality that it should transform every moment of our day. There is never a moment when we are alone. He is with us when the day ahead of us is more than we can handle. When we turn off the TV at the end of the day, and the silence of... Continue Reading

Because Jesus willingly humbled himself, made himself lower than the angels in his incarnation, he suffered unto death on the cross securing for us the grace of God. Jesus even tasted death just as we will. He is now at God’s right hand, having been given that glory which is rightfully his. No doubt, things... Continue Reading