A Joyful Noise: Praise for the Pastor
When the Apostle Paul wrote to his protégé, Timothy, he told him to count those who “labor in word and doctrine” worthy...
Time For a Devotional Break: Exiled, Not Homeless
Anyone watching the news this week could not avoid photos and videos depicting horrific scenes of war. Following the initial devastation were...
A Joyful Noise: Gasping for Grace
In his first epistle to Timothy, Paul encourages him to show rather brutal grace.
Officially, the veteran evangelist identifies...
A Joyful Noise: The Anguish of Anger
I pity a person I’ve never met.
I don’t know his—or her—real name; he or she uses the name...
A Joyful Noise: A Legacy Worth Leaving
As a child, Corrie Ten Boom went with her mother to visit a woman who had just lost her baby, and the...
Time to Take a Devotional Break: Taking God at His Word
My father was a man of his word and a man of God’s Word. If dad made a promise, he kept it....
A Joyful Noise: A Time to Teach
Jose Gavarrete wanted to wince when the young man at the bar stuck a cigarette in the small hole left in his...
Time to Take a Devotional Break: What Do You Need?
If you’ve ever learned a new skill, you’ve no doubt experienced the confusion and mistakes made during the acquisition stage.
A Joyful Noise: Perfect Perspective
On Jan. 6, 2021, Mom started dying.
Covid had assaulted her lungs for about 10 days, and finally, pneumonia...
Time for a Devotional Break: In Case of Fire, Break Glass
Most of us have seen those glass-covered, bright red fire warning and supply boxes. We recognize them as necessary for serious emergencies...