Mature Living

WHEN GOD SPEAKS The Bible will change your life. by JOHN KOESSLER I BECAME A FOLLOWER of Jesus Christ in 1972, a year before I started college. I was working the midnight shift at a fast-food restaurant, flipping burgers. After the bar rush at 2 a.m., I would go into the back room and read […]

Scared to Get Close to God Look past your fears into the face of your loving Father. by SCARLET HILTIBIDAL I USED TO FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE around “missions” people. You know who I’m talking about. The people who move to third-world countries on purpose or who run mission teams at church or people who try […]

When You Don’t Know What to Say How can you minister to parents and grandparents of children in same-sex relationships? by DANIEL HEDGEPETH MY WIFE AND I WERE so glad to see our old friends from seminary. We had great respect for this pastor and his wife. They had faithfully served two congregations more than […]

Don’t Trust the High Places! Beware of the pitfalls that caused kings to fall. by MICHELLE HICKS EL DAN, IN NORTHERN ISRAEL, is at the foot of Mount Hermon. To be honest, I had no idea what to expect. I’d never been to Israel and, frankly, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the Nature […]

Gifts of the Spirit Spiritual gifts are to be exercised under the lordship of Christ. by THOMAS R. SCHREINER PAUL INTRODUCES the topic of spiritual gifts with the foundational truth of Jesus’ lordship. “Now concerning spiritual gifts: brothers and sisters, I do not want you to be unaware. You know that when you were pagans, […]

The Church Praying Fervently Agreeing in Prayer by Brenda Harris PRAYER IS a personal and intimate time between a person and God. Entering into fellowship with God the Creator through His Son, Jesus Christ, is a high privilege. However, prayer can also be a shared experience. When believers agree together and seek the Lord corporately, […]