If you are like most people, you like to laugh and have fun. And if you are like most people you seldom pray for God to help you have fun. If you are a teenager praying to God to have fun may appear counter-productive: what does God have to do with having fun? That is …
This post originally appeared as an exclusive article in Kirk Cameron’s new community: The Campfire. To join, sign up here. Few things in life are as daunting (and of course, enjoyable), as parenting. And few things in parenting are as challenging or heart-breaking, as discipline. No parent in their right mind, or with a good …
If you’ve ever lost a child, you know how painful the loss can be. My wife, Cathe, and I have experienced this pain of loss firsthand when our son, Christopher, died in a tragic accident on July 24, 2008. This kind of loss can leave you reeling with shock and disbelief because as parents, we …
After nearly two decades as a pastor, speaker and Christian leader, Shane Pruitt has discovered some of the pervasive “lies” that too many people of faith have come to believe. And he’s on a mission to right these theological wrongs in an effort to stop misplaced beliefs from holding people back in their faith. Pruitt, …
During my freshman year of college, I remember calling my mom to share two big pieces of news with her. “Mom,” I said, “I went out with this guy named Curtis—and he has an earring!” I heard a gulp and then a faint sigh. I could tell that Mom was just as excited as I …
By: Steve Adler Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor’s headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. …
The Last Passover, the first Lord’s Supper, the intimate setting in the upper room, provides precious memories. But there is another memory of that night that we don’t recall so easily. It is a story that discloses the selfishness of the human heart. Just after the Lord’s Supper and just before Jesus goes to the …
Hello, my name is Elihu and I am a control-aholic. It’s been 24 hours since my last surge of anxiety and 3 days since I felt the need to control a situation.” I do not post the above to tease programs like NA or AA. Such programs wisely demand honesty, confession, and accountability. Accountability forces …
By: Dan Andros I absolutely love a good testimony. While it’s wonderful to hear from anyone sharing what God is doing in their life, James Cunningham’s story is particularly powerful. James recently shared his gripping testimony via C3 Church in Brooklyn, NY and it stopped me dead in my tracks. His story shows the saving …
By: Steve Adler And Jesus entered the temple and drove out all who sold and bought in the temple, and he overturned the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold pigeons. He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you make it …
