Your Next Step Forward

Your Next Step Forward

Most people think that medieval theologians got it mostly right when they were conjuring up with their rogue’s gallery of Seven Deadly Sins. With regard to the behaviors and attitudes that assault our life with God, pride, anger, lust, greed, and envy are...
Holding on For Dear Life

Holding on For Dear Life

Dwight Edwards, of the Grace School of Theology in Texas, recalls the time that he and his family attended a church social event. As they walked into the crowded community room, Edwards’ youngest son – who was then about four – was holding on to his dad’s pants...
Surviving Yesterday

Surviving Yesterday

It’s become known as the Fail Mary.Lance Easley calls it something else: the worst moment of his life.This fall will mark the 10th anniversary of the Monday Night Football contest when Easley, a replacement referee, ruled that a desperation pass by then-Seattle...
Promise-Keepers

Promise-Keepers

When Dr. J. Robertson McQuilkin died in 2016, he left behind a glittering ministry track record.  During his 88 years he served as a Bible college faculty member and the headmaster of a Christian school.  He and his wife Muriel and their four children...
Something Beautiful

Something Beautiful

Ugliness can give birth to beautiful things. It’s difficult to overstate the ugliness of the Caribbean sugar cane plantations of the 18th and 19th centuries.  African slaves were forced to work in brutal conditions so middle-class Europeans could spoon sugar into...