By Javan Rowe Most of us fluctuate between highs and lows in life, with countless intricate layers in between. One minute our children bring us joy; the next we respond to them in anger and frustration. Our kids may know our love for them is unchanging, regardless of their behavior, but can we say […]
The Supremacy of Love
By Cheri Lynn Cowell If a billboard that read “School of Love” were erected on your church’s lawn, what changes would need to be made to fulfill this mission? Does the community surrounding your church identify it as the place where one learns how to really love? First Corinthians 13 is known as the […]
A Mentor for Me—and You: Second John
By Simon Presland I have read through the short epistle of 2 John many times over the years. After my most recent reading I came to a conclusion: I would love to have a mentor like the apostle John! When I read his writings, I often picture a kind elderly man garbed in a […]
Living in Goodness, Truth, and Love: Third John
By David Timms Of all the New Testament documents—27 total—John’s third letter is the shortest. Comprising 219 words in the original Greek, it fills just one page. It doesn’t mention Christ, faith, salvation, sin, or the second coming. It’s not a sermon, nor a doctrinal defense against heresy. It contains no intricate theology. Instead, […]
A Blueprint that Matters: First John
By Arlene Rains Graber The young man sat on the shore beside the Sea of Galilee. His eyes swept across the water. The area was lush with plants protected by the warm moist air, harbored within the bounds of the surrounding hills. Galilean sunrises were the envy of even the most unaware, and this […]