Over the next two weeks you will hear from two women whose broken hallelujahs will encourage and inspire you…

Forever etched in my soul is the sound of the congregation opening Mark’s Coronation service with O the Deep, Deep Love…

As a child, I sat with my parents and grandmother in our tiny Presbyterian church and gustily sang the old hymns. I especially…

The covenantal promises of God formed a grid through which I learned to live life in the crucible of suffering. When…

The prophet Habakkuk’s heart broke as he watched Babylon, the enemy of Israel, break the backs of God’s people by enslaving…

Paul and Silas could sing a broken hallelujah because they believed in the promises of God, one of which is the promise of…

Paul and Silas sang at midnight because they believed the promises of God. They believed His promises because God cannot…

“Is God really sovereign? Can I trust Him now…even in this?” The steady, virulent progress of the malignant brain tumor gave real urgency …

What happened in that prison cell? Lots of miracles!

Let’s go back to that prison cell where Paul and Silas sang and praised God at midnight. What do you think they hoped to…

Jesus uses events in our lives to show us new things about ourselves. Within a year after our son Mark’s death, our daughter Heidi married…

What is your purpose in life? Many of us think our purpose is to recapture the Garden of Eden and our pursuit of that goal starts…

Christians sometimes offer false hope to struggling people because their theology is skewed. Browse a Christian bookstore and check…

As a young man, Dr. J. I. Packer said: “Theology is bad for one’s soul.” What? This from a world-renowned theologian? Instead of a…

Last week we took a quick look at Paul and Silas singing at midnight. Acts 16 tells their story. They were arrested under false pretenses; they were severely beaten, thrown into the inner prison…

Several years after Mark’s death God seared into our souls a vivid image of the privilege of corporate worship within our covenant community…

Our son Mark’s death stripped away all religious pretenses. I wanted, no I needed to know that everything I had taught, everything I said…

“I know what the title of your next book should be,” our friend said as she greeted us after church. She continued, “Read Acts 16 where Paul…