by Andy Wall | Nov 21, 2021 | Articles
“How could we sing the Lord’s song in a foreign land?” Psalm 137:4 I’d consider myself a fairly upbeat, glass-is-half-full type of person. I’m adept at finding silver linings, capable of seeing the good in people, and willing to give the benefit of the doubt. It’s...
by Andy Wall | Nov 14, 2021 | Articles
How can you tell who your real friends are? What criteria do you use to discriminate between casual and serious friends? Is a real friend someone you’d hit up if you needed to borrow $1000 in a pinch? Or someone you’d talk with before making a major life decision? Or...
by Andy Wall | Nov 7, 2021 | Articles
“The saint burns more grace than the sinner.” – Dallas Willard When you hear the question, “What is God’s grace for?,” what answer comes to mind? My guess is that many of us, maybe most of us, conceive of God’s grace as being for our sins, wrongdoings, and...
by Andy Wall | Oct 31, 2021 | Articles
In the Wall household of my childhood, our family of five often sat down to meals together. We positioned ourselves according to a seating arrangement that was never discussed but always followed. Dad sat at the head of the table, Mom sat to his right, and little...
by conejochurch | Oct 24, 2021 | Articles
[Editor’s Note: today’s article, by Mike Cope, speaks some practical wisdom to all of us who love Scripture and wrestle with how best to live by God’s Word.] Here is one of the most shocking discoveries of my early life: the Bible has to be interpreted. I know that’s...
by Andy Wall | Oct 17, 2021 | Articles
When it came time for Jesus to preach and teach, his most frequent theme was the kingdom of God (or in Matthew, the Kingdom of heaven). A reminder may be in order: the kingdom of heaven is not first and foremost about where we go after we die but about God’s...
by Andy Wall | Oct 10, 2021 | Articles
Here’s an important question that has challenged Christians for two thousand years. Bluntly stated, the question is, Can the Sermon on the Mount (hereafter the Sermon) in Matthew 5-7 really be lived out? Is it actually possible for followers of Jesus to “turn the...
by Andy Wall | Oct 3, 2021 | Articles
“And he said to them, ‘Therefore every scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a household who brings out of his treasure what is new and what is old.’” Matthew 13:52 As a lifelong student of Scripture, I’m continually struck by the...
by Andy Wall | Sep 26, 2021 | Articles
In 2003, New York City announced the winning design for the memorial of the World Trade Center. Designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, the design is called “Reflecting Absence,” and includes an oak tree-filled plaza with two reflecting pools. Understandably, there...
by Jack Williamson | Sep 19, 2021 | Articles
In my early days I first became familiar with “cliffhangers” watching Batman on cable TV. Each episode ended up with a little teaser that would entice you to watch the next episode: “Will Batman and the Boy Wonder escape the clutches of this perilous Penguin and his...
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