By Rusty McKie Light shines most brightly in the dark.  In the Old Testament, we find God’s people in bondage to the slavery of sin and often to the oppressive nations around them.  In the dark, they waited.  In the dark, they hoped for the coming of a light to shine on them.  God’s people...

  By Kyle Worley Have you ever happened to run across some clips from the Air Guitar World Championship? Trust me, if you have not yet had the opportunity, it is a great way to waste 15-minutes of your next free evening.  These guys jump on stage, in front of a huge crowd, and shred for...

By Greg Gibson The opposite of a gospel-centered husband, I think, is a comfortable husband. The adjectives gospel-centered and comfortable don’t really fit together in a gospel-centered home.[1]  What is more, a comfortable husband might be simply okay with the current status of his home; he might be prone to a posture of passiveness; he...

By Jason G. Duesing Near the end of his life, the pioneer American missionary, Adoniram Judson (1788-1850), returned to America for the first time since he departed nearly 35 years prior. The twice–widowed Judson along with his children came in need of recuperation and rest and were welcomed with virtual celebrity status all along the...

By Tom Nettles Charles Haddon Spurgeon experienced a constant flow of impressions early in life that settled many issues of personal integrity and faithfulness to one’s calling. He recalled clearly how, when allowed to sit in the studies of his grandfather or father, as they prepared to preach on Sundays, he must not speak or...

By Kyle Worley The last decade has seen a proliferation of the bromance comedy.  Movies like I Love You, Man, Superbad, The Hangover Trilogy along with television shows like the Jersey Shore have helped to build the foundation of what has become a culturally pervasive phenomenon: bromance. What is bromance? John Elder, writing over at “The Age,”...