As followers of Christ, we live in a broken, fast-changing world, one where Christians are a shrinking minority. This world is hostile; it challenges and rejects our value and belief system and attacks the Christian community. I live as a minority Christian in my community—the impoverished, inner city of Toledo. I have been shocked, repulsed, […]

Life can be difficult; therefore, it is so important to have close friends that are willing to hold you or even carry you when you feel paralyzed, friends that are capable of supporting your weight when you cannot stand on your own.

Like Noah, it is our duty to keep our eyes focused on God’s plan for our lives.

In reading the Book of Nehemiah, we are shown what a man of prayer he was and how much he loved the land of his ancestors. When the news of the demise of Judah and that the remnant of people that were there were in trouble reached him, he wept, mourned, and fasted. Then what […]