Pg 03 A Purpose-Designed Life
Two decades ago, Rick Warren’s New York Times bestseller, The Purpose Driven Life, made its debut, and since then, has [...]
Pg 04 Pastors Perspective (Q1 2022)
In each Epistle, this column features a single question to which our pastors are asked to reply. It is usually [...]
Pg 06 The Stars Over Arizona
It was 1976, and my wife and I were driving late at night through the desert in Arizona. It was [...]
Pg 07 Heaven and Eternity
The first question in the Westminster Catechism is, “What is the chief end of man?” In other words, what is [...]
Pg 10 The Mission of Seeing
And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom [...]
Pg 12 Book Review: The Case for Heaven
It is the most crucial question anyone has ever asked—and one day, we will all ask it with urgency: “What [...]
Pg 13 New 90+ Ministry
The 90+ Ministry is a newly developing Deacon ministry that focuses caring attention on the oldest members of our faith [...]
Pg 15 Battling Boredom
I excitedly accepted the invitation to write this article. However, in hindsight, I wonder if I am the best person [...]
Pg 17 Powerful Changes
Two years ago, it would have been difficult to imagine my life as it is today. It has changed so [...]
Pg 18 The Gun Lap: Finishing Strong
During the fall of 2021, the Thursday morning Men’s Fellowship Breakfast group spent some time discussing the idea of the [...]
Pg 21 Living with Eternal Perspective
“My job is to make it to the finish line.” These were the words of a lovely friend who was [...]
Pg 22 The Wrong Way
There is an iconic scene in John Hughes’ classic Planes, Trains, and Automobiles where Del (John Candy) and Neal (Steve [...]
Pg 26 Book Review: Songstory
In a humorous and engaging style, songwriter Randy Thomas gives us a subjective first-person history of the past half-century of [...]
Pg 27 ‘Back Seat Driver’ No More
I grew up in a Christian home and attended church on weekends. My mother’s folks lived about an hour’s drive [...]
Pg 30 The Longevity Revolution
In our lifetimes, we are witnessing a quiet but society-altering trend across all the world’s developed countries. People are living [...]
Pg 33 Moved by Peter’s Message
In the book of Acts, Luke reports not only the historical truths of the foundation of the Christian church but [...]
Pg 34 In-House Identity
In March 2020, a pandemic-induced panic was sweeping the globe faster than the coronavirus itself. I remember a conversation with [...]
Pg 36 Heroes with Feet of Clay
LIFE LESSONS from the Old Testament The word “courage” is derived from the Latin word for “heart.” Great moral thinkers [...]