Many readers might recognize that the title line of this book emerges from Proverbs 13:12: “Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but a desire fulfilled is a tree of life.” Although I do not believe that I speak for the experiences of all people, as I say above, I do believe that anyone who has…
The authors are not interested in divine knowledge for its own sake. Rather, it is to aid the Colossians in their life together as the church. The gospel is credible only as it is demonstrated by individual saints and the church collectively in the good works that bear witness to God’s kingdom. Christian convictions must…
When God sent his son into the world, we don’t see anywhere the instruction, “Don’t waste your time on the hopeless.” As far as the biblical witness is concerned, no one was written off, no one was off-limits, no one was beyond the reach of God’s love, no one was outside the circle of grace….
Jody Neufeld writes short devotionals and has also used her experience as a Hospice nurse and educator to help people understand grief.
Advent is the season of faithful agnosticism and hopeful adventuring in which Jesus and his mission become known to us on the journey. Advent is the season of divine restlessness and impatiencewith the way things are in our lives and in the world. In Advent, we look toward the coming of the child who will…
The appeal to revelation in this case involves the following claims. (1) There is a place in human existence where death has not been final. (2) Such a place is not isolated, but is typical, or as we might say, germinal. It has consequences beyond the individual case. It represents and at the same time…
Time with the Lord, every day, is vital to me. Prayer, reading His words, worshiping Him in song or just quiet before Him. It is the living water and fresh bread that keeps me well and strong. That keeps ‘hope’ a strong and sure anchor. Jody Neufeld, Daily Devotions of Ordinary People – Extraordinary God,…
2022 Holiday sales, with books from 10% to 60% off for the season! This advent we will be posting relevant quotes from our authors related to the weekly themes of advent. Here is the first. When we are forced to face adversity, Holy Spirit will encourage us to tightly wrap our arms around the promise…
It’s not a question of whether the church will be political. The church is political. It is a polity. The question is how it will be political. Dr. Allan R. Bevere
