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hedging bets

Posted by mike wittmer on March 11th, 2010 | 9 responses
Millions of people say they believe in God, but to guarantee the good life they also put their trust in capitalism, science, or immoral pleasures. Recently, however, we’ve seen further proof that these... read more »

running on empty

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on February 23rd, 2010 | 20 responses
My boss and I were driving back from a neighboring town late one night when our car rolled to a stop. “We’re out of gas,” she said. There was a gas station about a quarter of a mile away, so we shrugged... read more »

perfect path

Posted by tom felten on February 19th, 2010 | 13 responses
My wife and I had prayed. We had sought God. We had sought godly counsel. Now we presented our plans to a group of people who would help us realize a vision for ministry or shut it down. They chose the... read more »

we have this day

Posted by mike wittmer on February 17th, 2010 | 19 responses
Debbie Middlemann was telling me about her mother, Edith, the 94-year-old widow of Francis Schaeffer. Francis wrote powerfully and often about the dangers of euthanasia and the gift of life, and now his... read more »

sisera's surprise

Posted by poh fang chia on February 13th, 2010 | 4 responses
Taking online quizzes is popular on Facebook. The quizzes range from “What Disney character are you?” to “What Bible character are you?” I wonder how a person would react if the Bible character... read more »

worship in pain

Posted by tom felten on February 8th, 2010 | 11 responses

loving others

Posted by roxanne robbins on February 4th, 2010 | 14 responses
It was such a dilemma—whether or not to marry the man who had proposed to me—that I agonized over what to do for nearly a year. During that time, I read dozens of relationship books, sought advice... read more »

the right time

Posted by poh fang chia on February 1st, 2010 | 9 responses
I’ve known believers in Jesus who struggled with guilt for saying “no” to taking on a new responsibility in a church or a parachurch organization. Many of them felt that by not agreeing to do more,... read more »

too hot to handle

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on January 25th, 2010 | 12 responses
It’s hard to imagine that a guy would choose to blow his apartment to smithereens. Still, it happened in Lisbon, Portugal, as a man did just that—collapsing part of the 5-story building where he lived. read more »

staying seated

Posted by jennifer benson schuldt on January 14th, 2010 | 17 responses
The train car was packed with highly irritated people. We should have pulled into our station 4 hours earlier, but the train’s engine was stopped dead in a distant city. Exasperated, my husband and I... read more »
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