In his insightful and helpful book, Side by Side, Ed Welch writes, When suffering knocks on someone’s door, Satan too comes knocking. Life is a war zone, and Satan is the enemy strategist. He waits for those times when people are in the wilderness—vulnerable, desperate,
A friend and colleague recently faced a very difficult disciplinary challenge in the church where he serves as pastor-teacher. Having searched the Scriptures, and wisely confirming his conclusions with the counsel of others, he led his church to do the right—and the very hard—thing. They
Not too long ago, I went through a difficult time—some of which was of my own making. Solomon wrote of a broken spirit and how difficult this can be to bear (Proverbs 18:14). But thankfully another “Solomonic pearl” accompanied my pain: “A friend loves at
Bullying is in the news—tragically so. In recent weeks there have been several media stories of children who have committed suicide in response to being bullied by their peers. In a horrific video posted on CNN, a seventeen-year-old boy was recently beaten with fists by
