In the corner of my wife Laurin’s dining room stood a gently used walker. It belonged to her mother, but she no longer needs it. You see, Jesus healed her. Some people would say that Martha Ann “lost her battle” with the disease that took her life, but I know that’s not right. Today, Martha [...]
For many of us, heaven seems like it's more important than the here and now. But author Randy Alcorn reminds us that this life matters because it's the beginning of a life that will last forever. Even though as Christians we affirm the reality of the spiritual realm, sometimes we succumb to naturalistic assumptions that [...]
Is it just me, or have you ever wondered what happened after Cinderella and Prince Charming rode off into the sunset? As a little girl I bought the happily- ever-after ending hook line and sinker; as a grown woman I know what palace life is really like. Despite what my real life experiences have taught [...]
In The Great Divorce, C.S. Lewis imagines a bus ride from hell to heaven. Lewis uses this trip to explore how our understanding of the connection between the eternal and the temporal is often incomplete. “Son,” he said, “ye cannot in your present state understand eternity. . . That is what mortals misunderstand. They say [...]
Union soldiers had burned Atlanta and overrun Tara, and Scarlett O’Hara was frantic about her future. Her father wasn’t; he had slipped into a mild dementia to cope with the devastation of the South. But Scarlett, trying to reestablish some sense of normal life on the old plantation, was running out of options. There were [...]
I’m big on goals. I like to make them and accomplish them. I have learned that when I can define a goal, it’s easy to create a game plan to achieve it. If I want to lose weight, I define what’s involved in reaching the goal. If I want to start a business, I develop [...]
When I was a teen, my youth pastor asked a very important question on a regular basis: “If you were to die today, do you know if you would have eternal life?” This single question and the students’ responses, served as a great springboard for conversations about Jesus. It was years later that I discovered [...]
When someone dies, their unfinished projects usually die with them. But after Dave Feige from Wentworth, South Dakota passed away from a tragic farm accident, his friends gave him a helping hand to complete what he couldn’t complete himself. Feige, 58, had over 1,000 acres that needed harvested, so his best friend, Roger Schrepel, gathered over [...]
Many Christians believe that if they accept Christ as their Lord and Savior that when they die they go to heaven and that’s it. End of story. But is that really all the Bible says about the afterlife? What Happens After You Die Yes, Christians will be granted access into heaven. They will also be [...]
Why in the world would you ever put off until “later” what you know you are supposed to do right now? And stop with the excuses!!! No one has ever done anything significant because they sat around and made excuses. The person who makes excuses never makes a difference. And, there is always an excuse, [...]
