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George Verwer is the Founder of Operation Mobilization (OM), a ministry of cross-cultural evangelism, church planting and discipleship training.

My husband and I have been studying Samuel and have the following question re: 1 Samuel 28:11-20 We’ve been taught that there are no such thing as ghosts and wandering spirits and that absent from the body means present with the Lord. Why then was this not true with Samuel? This seems to go against that principle.

Due to health problems and the economy affecting our business, we’re not in a position to give as much in freewill offerings, above and beyond our tithe. Should we still give the same amount and just trust God to provide?

Answers to arguments concerning life, humanity, and personhood; arguments concerning rights and fairness; arguments concerning social cases; arguments concerning health and safety; arguments concerning the hard cases; and arguments against the character of prolifers.

If the burden for financial provision falls on the woman, typically she becomes the de facto head of the home, leading to resentment both in her and her husband.

Person after person stood to read, with periods of rest between, allowing all to contemplate the message and experience the communion elicited in the writing. 

I grew up with one half brother, but had four older siblings from my dad’s previous marriage.

The first two and last two chapters of the Bible are perfectly symmetrical bookends, revealing and culminating God’s eternal plan for mankind and for the earth.

As a man, husband, and more recently a father—I have struggled and struggled with sexual temptation. At my breaking point-being “tired” of the ongoing struggle and to seek support—I submitted a prayer request at a recent church leadership retreat, asking the intercessors to pray “That I would always and forever remain faithful to my wife and, never, ever commit adultery.”

They drove wordlessly to the retirement center to see Diane’s mother. Diane had asked Jordan to come. He said yes, hating that he hadn’t seen his mother-in-law for nearly a year, and hating that he didn’t want to see her now.

A close friend of mine, Greg, died when I was in high school. I was a brand new Christian and it affected me profoundly. Then after I’d been a pastor five years, my mother died in 1981.

It was a joy.

Ancient theologians spoke of the “Beatific Vision,” which meant “a happy-making sight.”

“The Pill” is the popular term for more than forty different commercially available oral contraceptives. In medicine, they are commonly referred to as BCPs (birth control pills) or OCs (oral contraceptives).