Easy answers rarely help someone in distress and disquiet. And sadly we are too quick to assume and critique. What comes out of our mouths only serves to worsen matters. We can be quite flippant and dismissive at precisely the wrong moment. Job suffered great losses. His 10 children perished...

The Psalms is the book of the Bible that allows space for our feelings. And one of the feelings that we really need help with is the feeling of guilt. Let’s establish something right here. Feelings are real, but are they true? Not at all. They represent our responses and...

In thinking about the Christian life, I am convinced that there are three important principles for us to understand. These are the practice of hearing, confession, and conviction. The book of Ecclesiastes tells us that “a threefold cord is not easily broken” (Ecclesiastes 4:12). Together, these three things — hearing,...

Bill Alderson, Baltimore We are introduced to the concept of sin early in the Scriptures, in Genesis 3 with the fall of Adam and Eve. Their reaction to their sin was to hide (verse 8). Then in chapter 4, Cain has a face to face run-in with sin and his...