Do you ever feel like life won’t let up—like you’re God’s punching bag? One struggle after another, and you start wondering if God has forgotten you. I’ve been there. Despite serving in a church, reading my Bible, and doing all the “right” things, I felt stuck in a loop of pain and disappointment. It seemed like God had stepped back,

In a “Peanuts” cartoon I read recently, Lucy offered one of her unsolicited observations to Charlie Brown: “Life is like a deck chair. Some place it so they can see where they are going. Some place it so they can see where they have been. And some place it so they can see where they are at present.” Charlie Brown

How best to understand Biblical application? It is important to draw a distinction between remedial application and constructive application. Remedial application is the form that application often takes in our churches today. Using this approach we come to recognize something we are doing wrong. This sort of application urges us to stop doing what we shouldn’t be doing or to

When it comes to social etiquette, I am not sure if Jesus would be the first One we would turn to for guidance. Miss Manners or Dear Abby maybe. If you have an Aunt Gertrude (and don’t we all have an Aunt Gertrude somewhere?) she would probably be one to go for direction. My mother was always very firm on