by Stuart Chase | 5 Jan 2021 | Devotionals
Some time ago, I saw former England star footballer David Beckham interviewed on a talk show. He was speaking about his children’s involvement in football and was recalling a particular match that he attended for one of his sons. The referee did not arrive and so the...
by Doug Van Meter | 30 Mar 2020 | Devotionals
For whatever was written in former days was written for our instruction, that through endurance and through the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope. (Romans 15:4) I’m familiar with the adage, “The only thing we learn from history is that we don’t learn...
by Doug Van Meter | 25 Dec 2016 | Matthew
Every year at Christmastime I am exposed to silly, sentimental, predictable and completely unbelievable (because unreasonable) Hallmark Christmas movies. They all seem to have the same plot and typically carry some sentimental title like The Magic of Christmas or A...
by Christo Beetge | 21 Oct 2012 | Luke
As we commence our study in the second chapter of Luke’s Gospel, I want you to picture with me three things. You will have to make use of your imagination, seeing with the eyes inside your mind as you do so. First, picture a glass that is full, right to the very top....
by Christo Beetge | 26 Aug 2012 | Luke
I am aware that not everyone agrees, but I personally find history fascinating and intriguing. This was not always my perspective while studying history at school, but in retrospect I do sometimes wish that I had paid closer attention to my history teachers during...
by Doug Van Meter | 13 Mar 2011 | Acts
Listen to these words by James Davison Hunter in his latest book:, To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World (New York: Oxford University Press, 2010): The questions that animate this book are both broadly...
