Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose

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Rooted: Connect with God, the Church, Your Purpose. Kenton Beshore, et al. NP: Rooted Network, 2020. 227 pp. Cloth, $15.00. Rooted is a 10-week discipleship course that invites participants to practice seven “rhythms” based upon Acts 2: Daily Devotion (Acts 2:42, 46), Prayer (Acts 2:42), Repentance (Acts 2:37-39), Serve the Community (Acts 2:44-45), Sacrificial Generosity
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Every Naomi Needs a Ruth

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By Marcia Hornok “And how are you?” said Winnie-thePooh. Eeyore shook his head from side to side. “Not very how,” he said, “I don’t seem to have felt at all how for a long time.”1 WHEN DREAMS DIE One Bible person with an Eeyore outlook was Naomi. A famine uprooted her family, and they moved
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The Bible Is Reliable, Part 1

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By Dix Winston To defend the Bible, you must answer two questions. Is the Bible good history, and secondly, is it true history? Let me explain and illustrate. If someone told you his great-great-grandfather said he was Napoleon Bonaparte, it would be good history if the man actually said he was Napoleon Bonaparte. That is,
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Elisha’s Great Faith

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By Bill Fiess and Pam Esteven While listening through 2 Kings, I was impressed anew with Elisha’s great faith. Again and again, he faces problems that occur in ordinary life, yet Scripture never records that he becomes flustered. Instead, he demonstrates great faith in the Lord; time after time, he sees God’s power and deliverance.
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Is That True?

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By Kristah Kitchen It was a warm morning at the flea market, so I headed for the section of the open-air trading grounds nestled under the grove of towering oaks. After a full day of setup, it was the first morning the market was open to shoppers. Many vendors were taking it easy in their
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Top 5 People You Need in Your Life

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By Summer Stevens If the pandemic taught us anything, we don’t quite function properly without people. Even simple face-to-face interactions, like saying good morning to a security guard or tipping the barista, contribute to a sense of well-being. Turns out, there are a lot of people we need in our lives. For the Christian, those
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Robert Sandeman (1718-1771)

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By Michael D. Makidon1 BIOGRAPHY For most, the Lordship controversy began in the late 1970’s to early 1980’s. However, in an article entitled “History Repeats Itself,” J. I. Packer correctly noted, “The view that saving faith is no more than ‘belief of the truth about Christ’s atoning death’ is not new. It was put forward
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