The Next Nuclear War: Are We on the Edge of the End Times? Are We on the Edge of the End Times? The next nuclear war will begin the End Times. We are rapidly approaching this period that the Bible refers to as “the time of the end.” This 40-year period will...
Gospel Grit: What Jesus Showed Us and Told Us While Backpacking Homeless What was it like to literally follow Jesus? Pastor Randy Butler, in his often humorous, down-to-earth manner, helps us catch a fresh vision of what it must have been like to actually follow Christ. Gospel...
Shunpiking In the 1800s, the term shunpikers was coined for drivers who avoid toll roads at all cost, going out of their way, sometimes many miles, to avoid paying a small fee. The ironic nature of shunpiking is that it...
The Simplified Guide: Paul’s Letters to the Churches Paul wrote to "all those everywhere who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ" (I Cor. 1:2). His instructions were not directed primarily to theologians, pastors, or priests. He wrote to the whole church...
Christ Kitchen "I awoke with a knife at my neck and the palpable pounding of a rapist’s heartbeat on my chest." So begins Christ Kitchen—a story about redemption and healing based on the experience that molds the...
Immersed: 40 Days to a Deeper Faith Got saved? When you repent of your sins and place your faith in Christ, you experience a new beginning. Salvation in Christ is awesome and eternal, but it’s only the starting point of your spiritual...
DWJD: Do What Jesus Did A line of jewelry emblazoned with the letters WWJD still rides a crest of popularity with Christians. “What Would Jesus Do?” is a great question, but the answer is of little value if you aren’t willing...
Growing Disciples Organically The Jesus Method of Spiritual Formation “Follow me.” These two simple words spoken by Jesus are often needlessly complicated with theological, psychological, and sociological interpretations. Using...
Waiting for a Father Hearing the Heart-Cry of the Orphans of the World, by Gary Stephens, Carmen Radley The heart-cry of every child without parents—a cry to be loved and to belong—told through the story of one boy named...