How God’s Sovereignty Steadies a Fearful Mom

Podcast: Should I Become a Missionary? (Matt Bennett)

Matt Bennett discusses the importance of qualified missionaries and what the training and discerning process for them should look like.

Identifying the Right and Wrong Motivations for Being a Missionary

Matt Bennett

While our motives will never be totally pure or stable, there are some priorities we should have as we assess what is primarily driving a person to missions.

Peter’s Deliverance and Herod’s Judgment Echo the First Passover

Iain M. Duguid

Acts 12 opens on a very dark note. Herod the king—that is, Herod Agrippa—arrested a number of the Christians in Jerusalem and executed James, the first apostle to be martyred for the faith (Acts 12:1–2).

Will God Ever Give Us More Than We Can Handle?

Keith R. Krell

During a severe trial, you can almost count on a fellow believer saying, “Remember, God will never give you more than you can handle.” It’s usually meant to comfort. But often it does the opposite.

18 Promises of God’s Word to Cling To

Kristen Wetherell

Much of what we can physically see around us is hard, grievous, and hope-quenching. What our weary souls need more than anything in this world is to see reality God’s way.

Unpacking “Everything Happens for a Reason”

Kenneth Berding

Have you ever suffered in some way when a well-meaning friend quips, “Well, you know, everything happens for a reason”? How did that make you feel?