Category Archives: God’s Word

When Scripture is Hard

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word
KIM BARNES|GUEST Recently, my 20-year-old daughter, who is taking a Pauline Epistles class in Bible college said, “I’m not a feminist, but sometimes it’s hard to stomach some of the things Paul wrote about women.” She believes the Bible is authoritative, but the struggle is real. How does she reconcile these hard teachings with her… Read More

The Father’s Lavish Love

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word
BARBARANNE KELLY|CONTRIBUTOR Let’s play a little word-association game. When I say, “lavish,” what comes immediately to your mind? I don’t know about you, but what comes to my mind is frosting on a cake—chocolate frosting, deeply and generously applied with reckless abandon. I want to reach out and swipe up a fingerful for a taste.… Read More

How to Read as a Berean

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word
CHRISTINA FOX|EDITOR I grew up surrounded by books. My mother worked at our local library and I spent many afternoons, Saturdays, and lazy summer days there. I knew every inch of that library. From the racks of books that the public saw to the dumbwaiter elevator that brought books down to the deep recesses of… Read More

John Owen and the Art of Biblical Meditation

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word
SARAH WHITE|GUEST Do you think of meditation as part of your Christian practice? How about theological study? Did you know that our forebears considered these things to be intimately connected—and accessible to every believer? One such figure was John Owen, the seventeenth-century English Puritan theologian and pastor. In The Glory of Christ, written near the… Read More

How Hungry Are You?

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word
Editor's Note: If your New Year's resolve is beginning to dissolve, Courtney's post today reminds us why we need to be feasting on God's word. COURTNEY DOCTOR|CONTRIBUTOR I like food. A lot. And, the truth is, I eat for a variety of reasons and in an assortment of ways. I eat because I’m hungry. I… Read More

The Two Roads of Psalm 1

by Christina Fox, in category God's Word

SARAH IVILL|GUEST On my way to a speaking engagement one weekend I missed a critical turn. Thankfully, I hadn’t gone too far before I realized my mistake and pulled into a gas station where some of the locals helped me find my destination. In that case, taking the wrong turn wasn’t that big of a… Read More