Drawing from Mark 2, Gary Wilkerson shares four things to encourage your faith when the circumstances before you appear too hard.
French has two forms of future tense: “l’avenir” and “le futur.”
The first form refers to what will result from people’s actions in the present. The second is more ambiguous and open-ended because there are simply certain turns in future events that cannot be predicted.
The border of Cambodia has known decades of conflict as French colonialists, the kingdom of Siam and the Khmer Rouge swept the whole region like a deadly blaze.
Throughout it all, many people clung to their traditional religion as the last bastion of their culture: Buddhism mixed with ancestor worship and animistic spirits.
“You don’t choose your family,” Desmond Tutu, the archbishop emeritus of Cape Town, stated. “They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them.”
A British pastor visited my friend’s church in Los Angeles, and what he told them all shocked them a bit.
The Teen Challenge in Eswatini is dedicated to not only helping those struggling with addictions to recover, but also helping them reconnect with their families and children.
“Lord’s Gym: Bench Press This!”
Seeing this 90s t-shirt’s logo of Jesus bench-pressing the cross was the first time I’d ever really thought about God and working out, mostly because Christ in the illustration was…well, extremely buff.
World Challenge partners’ work in the Philippines has sought to show people how they can have godly community through education and relationships.
A huge part of this has been helping people see how salvation should affect not only their own lives but also their families and neighborhoods.
The news practically swirls with updates about the newest religious diet, debates about whether it’s more spiritual to be vegetarian or vegan and what it means to have ethically sourced food.
At 52 years old, Eduardo’s main focus was providing for his two daughters. He worked in the free trade zone and had labored in a sweat shop for nearly 13 years until he was suddenly let go.
When he asked why, he was told, “Oh, we’re downsizing.”
