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One day while riding in the car with my teenage daughter, I was trying to listen to a football game on the radio. The signal kept fading in and out, and the announcers' voices were covered with unpleasant static. She finally asked, "Dad, how can you understand what is going on with all the static?…

Recently* I was in a service where new members were received into the fellowship of a local congregation. It was a wonderful reminder of something that is all too easy to forget, especially in this age of polarizing rhetoric, labeling, and pigeon-holing commentary. I pray that the insightful words…

At certain points on our life’s journey, we make unforgettable pauses to prepare ourselves for the succeeding stretches. One of the names we use to qualify those pauses is “orientation,” such as — life orientation, school orientation, professional orientation, and so on. They become points of…

Q: Why doesn't God heal everyone? A: This question has perplexed God-honoring, praying, trusting, and believing folks since the Garden Fall. You've heard all of the stock responses just as I have: "You don't have enough faith." Or, "You didn't use the right words in your prayer." Or, "You must…

Q: Why doesn't God heal everyone? A: This question has perplexed God-honoring, praying, trusting, and believing folks since the Garden Fall. You've heard all of the stock responses just as I have: "You don't have enough faith." Or, "You didn't use the right words in your prayer." Or, "You must…

Q: Why doesn't God heal everyone? A: This question has perplexed God-honoring, praying, trusting, and believing folks since the Garden Fall. You've heard all of the stock responses just as I have: "You don't have enough faith." Or, "You didn't use the right words in your prayer." Or, "You must…

His peers called him L. C. but his congregation always called him Pastor Schwanz. I still remember that Tuesday evening in September 1964 at The Dalles, Oregon. On Sunday my wife Judy and I, a newlywed couple of two months, had attended worship services at The Dalles Church of the Nazarene. Judy…

Q: How should the church counsel or advise when a couple within the congregation is headed towards divorce? There are no easy answers to this question. Every marriage is unique, and the factors contributing to the end of a marriage are also unique. We do know the truth of God's plan for covenant…

Kevin was in good spirits over his Sunday school class's response to his lesson. But by the end of the morning service, he was in a foul mood. Rather than greeting the minister, he ducked out the side door, rushed his family into the car, and roared home. The service lasted "too long" and caused…

Q: How can we explain “holiness” to children? A: First, let’s talk about why teaching about holiness is crucial to our children’s faith. We can trust and depend upon God because He is holy. When kids learn that God is holy, it creates a life-long foundation of trust in God. We become who we…