Note: This article originally appeared in the jconline.com guest column on March 3, 2014. Bible teacher Warren Wiersbe once quipped that balance is the illusive point we pass on the way to our next extreme. We all struggle keeping life’s... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Providing excellent Children’s Ministries is an essential part of reaching families with the hope of Christ. This requires an army of faithful servants. We’re asking you to prayerfully consider how the Lord might enable you to take part in this... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Faith Church So glad to see our teens loving our neighbors in such a tangible way! - Steve Viars, Senior Pastor Faith Biblical Counseling Ministry Praise the Lord for a record attendance at the Biblical Counseling Training Conference: 1,930... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
I. Where the wave’s concerned, then, would you say there’s not much chaos to it?          Could that every one’s hand-crafted, cased, and signed, and set adrift?          Is each wake crafted aft each vessel summons, then, the... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
For our male readers, the title of the blog alone might warrant further study; but, for many, Downtown Abby is a hit period drama focusing on the lives of the Crawley family who live in an elegant estate in Yorkshire … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
This past weekend I had the privilege of being involved in the 2014 SymposiaChristi —Human Dignity, Slavery, and Sex Trafficking. I met Melissa Woodward, who was used as a sex slave by her father, who happened to be a Baptist pastor. Her …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Marc Blackwell certainly never envisioned his chosen profession leading to being shot at, dodging land mines or having bricks thrown at him. And he even grew up on military bases while his father was in the Air Force. Marc felt … Continue... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Last summer, the Journal and Courier rightly condemned a guest editorialist for comparing the mayor of West Lafayette to Adolf Hitler. During the annexation discussions, the newspaper quoted “Godwin’s Law of Nazi Analogies” which... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Faith Church I hesitate to share this, because I am not interested in doing so for the praise of man. However, God is at work in Lafayette. Tuesday evening, while cleaning my car off, two of my neighbors started to … Continue reading → [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]
Below is a review of Chapter 4 from John Piper’s book Suffering and the Sovereignty of God. Â The chapter examines a problem that many believers struggle with — Why would God allow his servants to suffer? Â Piper gives a few …... [ ... ][ abbreviated | read original blog ]