In scripture, God uses the image of fruit to depict the result of His work through us. So when a Christ-follower says, “I want to see more fruit in my life,” he shows a desire to be used more effectively by God and to see more results of God’s work in him. A tree is…
On January 1, 2010 Anna Newell Jones made a New Year’s resolution. “I was suffocating from the weight of $23,605.10 in debt,” she says. “I decided to take drastic action when I made the decision to stop all unnecessary spending.” Anna started a blog and tracked her progress to family, friends, and strangers. 15 months…
On June 26 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges, declaring that state-level bans on same-sex marriage are unconstitutional. The decision sparked the trending slogan “Love Wins,” used by same-sex marriage supporters to celebrate victory for the ruling … and their disapproval of those who do not embrace same-sex marriage as constitutional.…
In the wake of the June 2015 U.S. Supreme court ruling declaring the unconstitutionality of the ban on same-sex marriage bans, advocates celebrated vigorously using the slogan, “Love Wins.” In previous articles, we have addressed how the Father’s sacrificial love wins over selfishness and how Jesus’ love wins over intolerance. Since then, many of you…
Bert Stiles, a member of a B-17 bomber squadron during World War II, volunteered for a second combat tour – this time as a fighter pilot. But just four months after completing his flight training, Stiles was killed in action while chasing a German FW190 fighter aircraft. His crash was attributed to “target fixation.” The…
In the wake of the June 2015 U.S. Supreme court ruling declaring the unconstitutionality of the ban on same-sex marriage bans, advocates celebrated vigorously using the slogan, “Love Wins.” One interpretation of the slogan implied that “Hate Loses,” indicating that any view other than that which embraces same-sex marriage (particularly a biblical view) is wrong and…
Our articles are created to cultivate your spiritual health. The focus is to help you prepare your field — your heart — a for the best possible yield. How our articles are put together Through our online publication, The Cultivator, we regularly publish devotionals that equip servant-leaders. At publication, we publish each article here on…