Short Reads

Girls can steer themselves onto the wrong road as easily as boys. Guiding them in the ways of the Lord is a critical task—and one not to be left solely to their mothers….… Read more »

What would it take to make you turn back from your walk with God? Getting old? Getting sick? Getting ridiculed by your secular peers? Watching your favorite preacher fall into sin? …… Read more »

The larger the Pentecostal movement grows, the more diverse it becomes. Is that a good thing? …… Read more »

A guerrilla skirmish rumbles across churches. It is not a battle for righteousness or holiness, but instead a struggle over formats and styles….… Read more »

From the days of Cecil B. de Mille up to the present, Christians have criticized Hollywood and New York producers for adding to the Scripture. Are we qualified to cast stones? ….… Read more »

We can dismiss the morning devotional time as a throwback to decades past, even an obligation of legalism, or we can rediscover its value today….… Read more »

People often say, “I don’t want to get my hopes up.” Yes! Get them up! …… Read more »

When I tell you what I thought about my godly father, now 82 and wheelchair-bound in an Iowa nursing home, you’ll be shocked. But when I tell you how God managed to straighten my head, you’ll be relieved….… Read more »

God is sovereign. That leads to a puzzling question: How does he demonstrate his control? …… Read more »

The apostle Paul did not write, “Get filled with the Spirit,” as if it were a one-time achievement. What he wrote, Greek scholars tell us, is “Be always being filled.” …… Read more »