February 27th, 2015 
My story is pretty basic, which when we all get down to it, is similar to most people. Got a wife, got a kid, got a cat. Love Jesus, love Penn State football, love buffalo wings. I’m in full time ministry, and have an evangelical bent in pretty much everything I do. I don’t like excuses, and won’t accept them for my own life (but certainly understand grace for myself and others). So …
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February 24th, 2015 
I should memorize Scripture, I know I should, I really should. My pastor said I should. Some of my friends memorize the Bible. I would be better equipped to counsel someone else. It might help me in witnessing. I need more discipline. I might look and feel more holy. God might bring an end to this trial I’m stuck in. FORGET IT !
Guilt, peer pressure, convincing yourself that someone else will benefit, …
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February 13th, 2015 
Hello, my name is Martha. I live in central Indiana with my husband of 23 years and our 3 children ages 15, 13, & 11. I was blessed to be a stay-at-home mom to our children until they headed off to school. I entered the workforce again when our youngest was in Kindergarten. As I am working, I am able to listen to various radio programs and podcasts. One day I heard talk …
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February 3rd, 2015 
When asked by a teacher of the law, “Which is the quintessential commandment?” Jesus didn’t stop and think about it. He quoted directly from the Old Testament, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind, and with all your strength.”
This call to love far exceeds emotive sentiment.
When Jesus included the word ALL—all your heart, all your soul, all your …
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January 27th, 2015 
“The key to the Christian life is to abide.” A certain haze surrounds this idea, because we don’t use that word abide in every-day conversations, so we’re unclear as to what it means. The fog thickens when the goal we aspire to sounds foreign to us.
Theologically speaking abide means, to experience unbroken fellowship with God, but lexically it simply means, remain.
At the point of your spiritual birth, you were …
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