Do you know who you are? Most of us know the pat answers to this question. We share them regularly in our teaching and counseling; but in our heart of hearts, what is the truth for you?Having worked with thousa...

It’s so easy in our globalized world to buy airline tickets and take teens straight to the mission field, allowing them to experience missions firsthand for a week. Is that the best way to introduce them ...

My wife and I recently taught Sunday School to 4- and 5-year-olds at our church. The lesson was about John the Baptist, so we gave the kids a spin at acting like first-century hippies. They dressed up in camel&...

Summer's the time when high-school grads go to parties and turn their sights toward college. Then, in what seems like a few moments, this group of wide-eyed students arrives on campus to navigate a whole new wo...

I constantly am amazed by the popularity of reality TV shows. They aren’t just entertainment; they’ve changed the way viewers watch TV, allowing viewers to alter the outcome of the action!These show...

My school years were far from “Happy Days.” I grew up with a simmering prejudice against public schools that preoccupied my early life until that day in June 1974 when I received my high-school dipl...

They’ve heard it all before. Half are home-schooled. They’re fluent in Hebrew; Leviticus is their favorite book; and they have a well-articulated position on the authorship of Isaiah.It’s easy...

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One of my favorite stories is that of two brothers who race downstairs for breakfast one morning to see their mother has prepared their favorite pancakes that day. They are so excited they begin to tussle ...

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…”Perhaps the most famous opening line Charles Dickens ever penned in A Tale of Two Cities speaks to a truth which could have come out of a ...