By Matt Bell <LISTEN> It isn’t new news that social media can foster envy and dissatisfaction, or that it can prompt us to overspend. For example, Edelman Financial Engines recently surveyed more than 2,000 people about various financial topics and found: 74% said their friends portray themselves on social media as wealthier than they really are; 42% said …
Wasteful Worship by Hannah Weidmann*
Easter Devotional The grace to give when generosity seems absurd Image: Susan Savage Offertory. Acrylic on Canvas. 32 x 26 She did what she could. She poured perfume on my body beforehand to prepare for my burial. Truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be …
How to Tithe in Retirement*
By: Anthony Saffer Tithing is a biblical commandment that most Christians wish to follow. However, most retirees are unsure how to tithe in retirement. This commandment is relatively straightforward while you’re working because it’s easy to calculate. Once you’re retired and rely on Social Security, a pension, or your investment portfolio, the calculation is not so …
Our First Love by John Eldredge*
<LISTEN> I always felt it strange that God needed to command us to love him. (It is the first and greatest of all the commandments.) Now I see better. When God calls us to love him as our “first love,” it is not only because he deserves to hold that place in our hearts, but …
All Are Stewards …
'Much' might be considered a relative term, but when it comes to stewarding what one has, it is not.
Your Sweet Spot by Max Lucado*
<LISTEN> Scripture says, “There is nothing better for a man than to eat and drink and tell himself that his labor is good” (Ecclesiastes 2:24 NASB). I just heard a groan. “But Max, my work is simply that—work! It pays my bills.” “Job satisfaction? I have no clue how to find my skill.” “Honor God? After …
Pursing the New Year By Faith
Steve Seller, President of Cru, the parent organization of Jesus Film Project shared this with our staff this week and I wanted to pass it on. As we begin a New Year, I am pondering our Lord’s invitation: to walk by faith. Hebrews chapter 11 tells us the stories of some who walked by faith. …
Taking Stock of Your Time by Randy Alcorn*
“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff which life is made of.” Over three thousand years before Benjamin Franklin said those words, Moses said these: Teach us to number our days aright,That we may gain a heart of wisdom. (Psalm 90:12) The New Testament speaks the same message: …
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Christmas Greetings!
How are you experiencing the presence of the Son who came from the Father this Christmas? How are you experiencing "grace" from the Father and the Son? How are you experiencing "truth" from the Father and the Son?
God Became Man–Max Lucado
No other philosophy, religion, no other theology has anything like the willingness of God to condescend to human nature to become a baby and then not only to become a baby but to become a crucified Savior, and to be placed in a tomb. Max Lucado says Americans are so marinated in the commercial aspects of Christmas that …
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