Recently, the United States suffered another evil and tragic murderous gun attack in a school—this time in the state of Texas. Many people, as is to be both expected and appreciated, have expressed their prayerful support for victims who survived, and for the families of
I just finished reading a book, sitting in a darkened airplane in the middle of the night. When you are sitting for twenty hours, with little hope of sleep, reading can be a good use of time. But depending on what you read, it can
Previously, we studied vv. 1–12 in which the wise, godly father describes the prosperity that comes from trusting the Lord—the prosperity of a long and fulfilling life that is generally to be expected of the godly. The father has exhorted his son to trust the
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,
