Abel, though dead, still speaks to our hearts. We knew, after the death of our son, that there was nothing we could do to bring…

What if your circumstances are so awful that all you have to offer God is a broken heart? For months after Mark’s death, all we had to offer God…

Who or what we worship determines how we live. The Ten Commandments spell out very clearly God’s priorities for us. After reminding the…

Cain did not repent of his anger, he did not listen to God. Instead, Cain pretended friendship with Abel. “Cain said to his brother Abel, ‘Let’s…

Cain and Abel, like all of humanity to follow, were the products of sinful parents. Adam and Eve had once been in close fellowship…

God gave our church the gift of thirty-seven–year-old David Saadeh, a man who had an indescribable thirst for intimacy with Christ…

The writer of Hebrews quotes the prophet Habakkuk to remind us that faith is believing in God even when we can neither see nor understand…

Believing God exists and is in control of all things is not enough. Believing God is in control sometimes results in deeper pain unless…

It's easy to respond to the anguished cry of the soul by saying, “just have faith”. But what is faith? If we define faith incorrectly, we will be…

Suffering drives believers to God, but what is it we want from Him? Do we settle for pat, simplistic, theologically correct answers, or do…

Though an active, committed Christian since her teens, Margie, a young woman whom we love as though she were our own daughter, had…

Hebrews 11 is often called the Hall of Faith. As Chuck and I unpacked the lives of these great men and women, we wondered if “The Waiting Room” was a more appropriate…

In 1999, Chuck and I co-authored Treasures of Faith, Living Boldly in View of God’s Promises. Chuck preached through Hebrews 11, and I condensed…

Have you ever looked back on your life to see the evidence of God’s hand in preparing you for the future? This verse in Hebrews 11 is a definite neon light…

A young mother recently lost her child to illness. She spent many long days and nights in the hospital room by her daughter’s side before…

“Sometimes it’s so hard to talk to God and to trust him when I can’t see him or feel Him.” My daughter said this to me while…

Have you ever listened to the words of the song you are singing? Do you ever stop singing because you realize that you cannot truthfully…

Early one morning during a family vacation, I walked along the ocean as the others slept in. The waves crashed on the sand, the sandpipers…

“If you don’t have good roots, you won’t have good fruit.” I heard my father in law say to my husband as they sat eating breakfast in my…

As we wrap up this series, A Broken Hallelujah, it’s my joy to introduce to you our Guest Writer for this week, Wendy VanWingerden. Wendy’s life…