- Forward Day By Day - May 5, 2025
Over the last few months, I have had the privilege of watching a group of children embrace prayer through song. The parish I serve has a relatively new chorister program. The choristers gather each week to learn, sing, pray, and have fun. Once a mo [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 4, 2025
Gathering around food is one of the ways we create community. We meet for coffee, talk with friends over lunch, and gather for celebratory meals. Traditions around birthdays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas meals strengthen community, not just among thos [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 3, 2025
Baking bread has been an on-and-off hobby of mine for years. I love the process of baking it—and I love eating it. Yet, as much as I love freshly baked bread, I know that there can be too much of a good thing. From my bread-loving perspective, I [...] - Forward Day By Day - May 2, 2025
One of the loneliest moments of my life took place during my turn to keep overnight vigil in my mother’s hospice room. I was still reeling from the shock of her accident and coming to terms with her approaching death. That night and the weeks leadi [...]
- God of the Fresh Start - May 5, 2025
“The Merchant of Death is Dead!” That was the headline for an obituary that may have caused Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, to make a course correction in his life. But the newspaper made a mistake—Alfred was very much alive. It was h [...] - Lasting Joy - May 4, 2025
In 2014, residents of a village in Norway erected a traffic sign that encouraged people crossing the street to do so in a silly manner. The intent was to bring a few moments of humor—for “silly walkers” and onlookers alike—to brighten one ano [...] - God’s Perspective - May 3, 2025
In 2018, pastor Tan Flippin had a cycling accident that landed him in the hospital with fractures to his hip. When the doctors ordered a CT scan to check for a concussion, they discovered a large malignant tumor on the front of his brain. The discove [...] - Salty Answers - May 2, 2025
Bert placed his debit card atop the restaurant bill. The waiter scooped it up and then paused to ask, “Wait, who is this guy who says ‘I am the way the truth and life?’ That’s so conceited!” Bert realized the waiter was reacting to the word [...]
- Prayer That Moves Heaven and Earth
What kind of prayer changes the world? In this episode of Light + Truth, John Piper looks at Acts 4:23–31 to show the power of Spirit-filled, Scripture-saturated prayer. Watch Now - Common Myths About Eternal Rewards
Can we lose eternal rewards by becoming incapacitated or less fruitful as we age? Or can our sin cancel out rewards we would have received? Listen Now - Do You See the Holy Spirit?
My pastor during my student days was a remarkable man by the name of William Still. As is true in most vibrant ministries, there were certain recurring themes in his preaching. Such ministries often have distinctive burdens shaped by experience, con [...] - What Is the Good Deposit Entrusted to Timothy? 1 Timothy 6:20–21, Part 2
Paul’s final exhortation in 1 Timothy is to “guard the deposit entrusted to you.” What is “the deposit” the apostle has in mind? Watch Now