Samson The Comfort of Samson July 21, 2021 Judges is one of those books of the Bible we tend to read at a distance. And yet it provides some exquisite comfort. Perhaps one of the clearest encouragements is found in the conflicted character: Samson.
relationships What is encouragement? September 05, 2018 Everyone wants to be encouraging. No one wants to be discouraging. Which isn't to say that all of us are very good at it. The place to start (or restart) seems to be
encouragement Romans 16, A Model of Encouragement September 06, 2017 Everyone loves to be encouraged and praised and valued. We all know instinctively that "Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good work makes him glad." (Pro. 12:
encouragement A Culture of Encouragement October 19, 2016 Pastoral burnout is a difficult issue to address - partially because it combines the hard data of how many pastors leave the vocation on a regular basis with the "soft data"
encouragement For the success of others January 20, 2016 If you've been following this blog, you know by now that one of our dearest friends and mentors, Dave Long, recently died. Like Barry, I've been trying to not only grieve but to
Barnabas Raising Up Encouragers January 13, 2016 Three days ago, I remembered my friend and mentor Dave Long who has just passed into glory. He was a great encourager. When I was in college, he had our Men-In-Training group do
encouragement "Not In Our House!!" April 08, 2015 Have you ever tried to resist the inevitable? I do this whenever I sit down to eat. No matter how much I try to avoid it, my superlative skills in unintentionally creating social
Christian growth Blind Expectations February 04, 2015 Last month, NPR's This American Life published an episode entitled "Batman." In this case Batman was not the caped crusader of Gotham, but Daniel Kish, a blind man who learned very
Discipleship "But what about him?!" September 13, 2013 Have you ever had a burden so heavy on your heart, a duty you knew you had to perform, that its weight altered your view of the rest of life and of those