If you say something often enough, perhaps someone will believe it. At least, that’s how the saying goes. This is the tactic that many on the pro-choice side of the abortion debate have seemingly embraced. Keep repeating the narrative that those who oppose abortion are merely concerned with exercising control over female bodies, and the…
I am about as fashion impaired as a person could be. Everybody has those pictures of when they were kids wearing ridiculous outfits, bad color combinations, and cringe-worthy haircuts. You didn’t worry about what matched, you just threw on what was clean and closest to you and off you went. But for me those pictures…
*By Dave Zuleger. Dave is the lead pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, south campus and a graduate of Bethlehem College & Seminary. A Lie About Our Joy We live in a culture where one of the chief values woven into our reality is personal autonomy and preference. Ours is an age where we are called…
I was in college when I began following Jesus. My life was radically changed and I could think of nothing that I wanted more than to serve the Lord in ministry. When the opportunity came almost a year later, I jumped at the chance. I couldn’t believe that I actually got to work in the…
“Though I have much to write to you, I would rather not use paper and ink. Instead I hope to come to you and talk face to face, so that our joy may be complete” (2 John 12). Messages delivered through pen or text are no match for the joy-infusing power of the spoken word.…
Online streaming services make our favorite movies and TV shows extremely accessible. If my preferred movie isn’t on Netflix, I can jump onto Amazon Prime or Disney+ to find it. All this entertainment literally lies at our fingertips. But why do so many (including myself) often choose to watch, and re-watch, and RE-watch our favorite…
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Passages for 1.5.20: Genesis 16-18; Mark 6. Remember the exchange Abraham had with God in Genesis 17? Here are several verses to refresh your memory: And God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. I will bless her, and…
