Using Adversity as a Catapult to Success

Though all of us have different adverse circumstances affecting us, we each need to remember that we are left with a choice of how we will respond. Ultimate defeat might not be in the circumstance, but rather in our response and in our attitude. Confronting adversity...

Maybe We Can Save the Sound of All Worship Languages

Change creeps through the Forest of Dean, a rural corner of England about 120 miles west of London. Satellite television, compact discs and digital video have brought pop music, movies and an onrush of “Americanisms” to the forest. They are choking off the...

“What Would Jesus Drive?”

Obeying Jesus in our transportation choices is one of the great Christian obligations and opportunities of the 21st century. Making transportation choices that threaten millions of human beings violates Jesus’ basic commandments: “Love your neighbor as...

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

When you read the Gospels, it is surprising how many questions were asked of Jesus, both by his disciples and other inquirers. Consider the following intriguing questions that were posed to Jesus. A few months ago, when youth attending a worship conference in...