Grace That Leads Me Home
My grandma likes to tell about the time my dad, a little boy of five at the time, wandered away from the house and out onto a busy street.... Read More ›
My grandma likes to tell about the time my dad, a little boy of five at the time, wandered away from the house and out onto a busy street.... Read More ›
“The truth of the matter is that all we have to do is live long enough and we will suffer.” D.A. Carson This past Sunday, we began a new... Read More ›
Last Thursday morning, we received the agonizing news that our friend Rebecca’s husband, Wade, went home to be with the Lord after being killed in a car accident. Since... Read More ›
~from my sister-in-law, Sharon Pyle I was very happily married for nearly thirty-two years until my husband passed away from a cancerous brain tumor. We have five children and... Read More ›
Whether 2015 holds suffering or celebration, we don’t yet know. It probably has some of both in store. But this New Year’s resolution from James 5:13 is of the... Read More ›
I sat with my friend at the hospital this week while her son underwent a battery of tests. Thankfully, the tests did not reveal anything life threatening, but this... Read More ›
“In the darkness we have a choice that is not really there in better times. We can choose to serve God just because he is God. In the darkest... Read More ›
“Things put into the furnace properly can be shaped, refined, purified, and even beautified. This is a remarkable view of suffering, that if faced and endured with faith, it... Read More ›
Here is love that conquered evil, Christ, the firstborn from the grave Death has failed to be found equal to the life of Him who saves In the valley... Read More ›
Last week we talked about helping husbands and happy marriages. But what if a husband doesn’t help, even when you ask? What if you try to make your husband... Read More ›
“Let us mark well this lesson. If we are true Christians, we must not expect everything smooth in our journey to heaven. We must count it no strange thing,... Read More ›
I love Scripture’s honesty. I love how the biblical authors, inspired by the Holy Spirit, don’t hold back about despair, weakness, doubt, or fear. They don’t step gingerly around... Read More ›
Are you a Christian who is tempted to doubt God and his good purposes in the midst of your suffering? Listen to this sermon (or watch below) and receive... Read More ›
The four of us were talking yesterday about several friends, and friends of friends, who are walking through sudden and significant trials right now. We are praying for them... Read More ›
We are very mindful that there are many people who experience grief and sadness during the Christmas season. My sister-in-law Sharon is one of them. On July 8, 2003... Read More ›
As mothers we are full of grief and mourning for the families who have lost loved ones and precious children in the Newtown tragedy. We have no words. We... Read More ›
Sinclair Ferguson offers some wise advice in his comments on Psalm 55 in his book Deserted by God: “Evening and morning and at noon I utter my complaint and... Read More ›
Do you ever feel like you don’t know what to say to someone who is suffering? Are you ever tempted to avoid the person who is going through a... Read More ›
So if the pain can’t be prayed away, how do we pray? If the answer from God seems to be “no,” should we keep repeating the same requests? Or... Read More ›