My wife came to me and asked me what I thought of an article that she had been forwarded. It was a blogger responding to a reader’s question. The question dealt with the reader’s husband and her struggle with him not being a leader in her family. Since this is a common issue we run…
http://thecripplegate.com/the-moment-that-changed-eric-liddells-life/ Eric was having to make an important decision; of course, no one was going to force him to speak or to have a public ministry. But I’m sure that Eric was counting the cost. Some people may say no big deal, but this was a huge deal. Especially for such an introvert. This decision…
http://www.desiringgod.org/articles/expect-more-from-young-men What, then, are these young men doing with their lives? According to Hurst, they are playing video games. Leisure time, largely spent playing games on computers and consoles, doubled from the early 2000s to 2015. When Hurst relayed these statistics to Econtalk Podcast host Russ Roberts, Roberts could scarcely believe the numbers or accept the idea…
Accountability for Leadership and the Book of Ruth — Elimelech’s Fall As discussed in the blog post entitled, “How Do We Respond to Life’s Trials”, http://wp.me/p5FpqF-wu the Book of Ruth is an account of a faithful, godly woman and God’s redemption. She is a foreigner, who through marriage, is joined into the Children of Israel and…
The Roman Army ran on iron discipline. It is the reason that they conquered much of the known world. From Great Britain to Germany down through Spain, the Middle East and Africa, the legions were so effective because there was a certainty that when a Roman commander gave an order the legions carried out that…
DL Moody was an American evangelist in the 1800’s whose name you might here occasionally in sermons or Christian circles. He was born to a lower class farmer in Massachusetts and lost his father at the age of 4 years old. Determined to avoid the crushing money troubles that his family experienced as a result,…
The subject of marriage versus singleness for many men and women of the church is an important one. Trying to find where one fits within God’s plan for life and God’s plan for His church can sometimes be really difficult. It gets particularly hard and sometimes especially painful, when there is a culture in the…
