By Mariah Secrest Continued from: Against All Hope: Happily ever after Why is this? I think its because like Monica we live vicariously through stories. And we find ourselves where the stakes are high. We have felt the loom of impending doubt in the circumstances that first brought us out of naivety into sober, guarded … Continue reading Against All Hope, Happily Ever After (pt. 2)
By Shane Ambro All of my life, I think I have been plagued by this visual picture of “Sinners in the hands of an angry God.” I think sometime, around 10th or 11th grade I was supposed to read that sermon by what’s-his-name. I think I read it, but I was never really all that … Continue reading Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God?
By Lauren Deville Continued from: The End of Faith: Does religious tolerance make any sense? This does not, though, mean that I don’t think such a thing as absolute truth exists only that its form is probably messy, and slippery, and (from an earthly perspective) incomplete but never at its root, contradictory. And now I … Continue reading The End of Faith: Does religious tolerance make any sense? (Pt. 2)
By Ericka Bennett From my journal during my time in India. Note: Asha is Hindi for “hope.” I found Hope today. There, in the middle of the leper colony. It was the most unexpected discovery I knew when I looked into her big brown eyes, innocent and inviting, full of joy despite her circumstances, and … Continue reading Hope in a Leper Colony
By Casey Milleson I’ve touched the faces of AIDS victims, held the hands of orphans, and danced with widows. Sometimes I am amazed by the choices I make. I have been around the world twice to Africa and seen the heartache but because I am here and not there I am apathetic toward the suffering … Continue reading Apathy Towards Suffering: Why America?
By Jeff Goins, Editor The first fifty pages or so of Megashift absolutely enthralled me: tales of people being raised from the dead (and these weren’t Bible stories!), miraculous healings, and mass conversions to Christ awakened my sleeping spirit that was accustomed to letting God off the hook. I had been downplaying the call of … Continue reading Megashift by James Rutz: The reality of worldwide miracles
By Mariah Secrest I dont think that the television show Friends is meant to evoke deep emotion or dredge up tears from the unknown deep within. Yet as I flipped on the show last night, looking for a quick distraction from work while I ate dinner, I was surprisingly caught off guard by the symbolism … Continue reading Against All Hope: Happily ever after
By Lauren Deville I used to get kicked out of Bible studies (or at least pulled aside for a private talking-to) on a semi-regular basis, and I was rather self-righteously proud of it, because I thought it evidence of the fact that I thought about what I believed, and I challenged others (particularly other Christians) … Continue reading The End of Faith: Does religious tolerance make any sense?
By Jody Matheson No one has ever confused me for a fashionista. Mostly because I don’t know what a fashionista is. On the other hand, I thought I knew what the Armor of God was. I had studied it, and even spoke on it in ministry and gospel outreach meetings. At one time, I tried … Continue reading Book Review: Dressed to Kill
By Jeff Goins, Editor Continued from Finding Calcutta After climbing over a waist-high, cement barricade that read “DEATH” in spray paint, navigating through some overgrown vines and shrubbery, and stumbling down a worn path that would have sent you head-first into the river if you took just one wrong step, we came upon an abode … Continue reading Finding Calcutta: My first brush with the poor, Pt. 2