5 Bible Verses to Help You Defend Against Discontentment
Discontentment is a sneaky enemy. While anger and fear charge right at you, discontentment often slips in the back door and starts whispering in your ear. Maybe it happens during the Thanksgiving family gathering. As people go around the table and share what they’re thankful for, you start hearing that whisper: Wouldn’t it be nice if you had that job?…
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How To Get Your Kids Engaged in Scripture This Summer
Adapted from “Now Is the Time Parents’ Guide” by Margi McCombs. If you’re a parent, you might not share in your kids’ joy as you anticipate weeks and weeks of no school. By mid-summer, you’ve gone through an untold number of ice pops. VBS was ages ago. September is eons from now. Unstructured time can be tough for parents, but…
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Caring for the Wounded in Our Nation
Bible-based trauma healing is helping countless people around the world heal from tragedies such as war, famine, domestic violence, and abuse. But did you know trauma healing is also bringing the healing power of Scripture to people here in the United States? A network of prison and jail chaplains provide trauma healing ministry to inmates in 22 states and 88…
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Everything You Need To Know About Luke
The Gospel of Luke and the Book of Acts together make up more than twenty-five percent of our New Testament—more than the letters of Paul. These books, a carefully crafted two-part account of Jesus and the early church, were written by a single author, traditionally identified as “Luke the physician” (see Colossians 4:14). But who was Luke, and what can…
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4 Verses to Overcome Daily Anxiety
You wake up, hopeful and ready for a new day. But as you check the time, you see you’re already late for work—and you haven’t even showered yet! It’ll be okay, you tell yourself. You’re determined to have a good day. On your way to work, the traffic is worse than ever. Once you make it into work, you hear…
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Transform your life through knowledge
Did you know that in Uruapan, Mexico, the world’s largest cup of hot chocolate was prepared, and it contained 1,272 gallons of deliciousness? Did you also know that the largest olive salad in the world was prepared in Tacna, Peru, and it weighed 1,739 pounds? Also, did you know that it is very likely that knowing these curious facts will…
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What Your Prayers Mean for a Refugee
Refugees leave their homes because they have to. If they stay, their lives are in danger. So they run. They run from persecution, war, violence, famine, and political adversity. They run to save their lives. Today, the world is witnessing the highest numbers of displaced people on record. According to the UN Refugee Agency, over 68.5 million people have been…
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