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Jul, 14, 2010 0
“This is a mean old world to live in all by yourself,” says the great soul singer Sam Cooke.
Each day we see this reality when we hear stories of people who give up due to loneliness or disconnection. We know that during the most vulnerable times in our lives, we especially need to hear comforting…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
Born and raised on the Caribbean island of Barbados, Anthony Quimby is pastor of St. James Church of the Nazarene in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. He has served on the denomination's General Board and is a member of the Trinidad and Tobago District advisory board. Also, he is president of the Caribbean…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
(Luke 22:42, NLT)
Sacredly, I knocked on the front door of the Free Grace Church parsonage. Sister Christine opened the door and said, "Brother Kerry, Danny will be so glad to see you." To her, his name was…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
Sandy, the server, looked at the name on my credit card and said, "Why does that name sound familiar?"
"I'm the Sunday School and Discipleship guy for the Church of the Nazarene."
"Naw, that's not it," she said, "but I am a Nazarene. I go to a Nazarene church, but I don't know why—probably…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
A seminary professor was once asked by an inquisitive student what the “voice of the archangel” would say when the “last trumpet sounded” and Jesus returned (see I Thes. 4). The student chuckled as he asked, knowing that it was an impossible question to answer. The other students rolled their eyes…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
"Our viewers want to know the most important thing they can do for their relationships," the producer told us. We were sitting in plush leather chairs, sipping bottled water out of straws in the green room of the famous Harpo Studios in Chicago. "Oprah is likely to ask you," the producer continued…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
In our world, we sometimes associate “power” with brute force, which typically has negative connotations: “overpowering” someone for personal gain, etc. However, the Bible reminds us that this is a perversion of the intended use of power.
God, the ultimate source of power, always uses His power…
Jul, 14, 2010 0
When my sons were small, I rediscovered fishing. I say “rediscovered” because the first time I took my older son (now a college student) fishing, it had been almost a decade since I had been. I not only had to rediscover the ins and outs of fishing, I had to relearn many things that had not been a…
Jul, 13, 2010 0
"Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done."
(Luke 22:42, NLT)
Sacredly, I knocked on the front door of the Free Grace Church parsonage. Sister Christine opened the door and said, "Brother Kerry, Danny will be so glad to see you." To her, his name was…
Jul, 13, 2010 0
More than 500 years after John Calvin's birth, the Dutch have a love-hate relationship with the famous reformer. Netherlanders appreciate and honor Calvin for profoundly shaping their history and culture. Yet the Netherlands is today one of the most secular countries in Europe. Nearly half of the…