News & Insights

As I considered these subjects coming up on "Grace to You^®" in July, a close friend immediately came to mind.  She recently received some devastating news that has turned her world upside down.  And unfortunately, because of that news, she's now questioning God's Word and promises. 

So how does my friend, or any believer, find joy in the midst of a trial?  And how does one overcome doubts about God?  Thankfully, John MacArthur provides answers to these questions this month.  First, in his study from Philippians he outlines the road to profound, abiding contentment, in spite of ...

1)  Yo, Mr. Law!

2)  Sunny Submersible

3)  Difficult Sunrise to Sunset Nocturnal

4)  Ducat to Move Along

5)  Not Possible to Purchase Affection for Me

6)  Assistance!

7)  My Desire: To Entwine Appendage

8)  The Only Thing Necessary Is Amore

9)  Greetings, Farewell

10) Madam Ciccone

BONUS:  Charlie Brown's Gal in the Heavenlies with Sparklers

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For most of us, July 4^th means a day of family picnics, neighborhood block parties with children laughing and playing, culminating with fireworks lighting up the night sky.  But more than this, it's greater significance is a celebration of independence.

In a special program for this holiday, Elizabeth George reminds us that we celebrate religious freedom--freedom from tyranny and oppression.

As a mom, I'm grateful for this freedom . . . to pray openly with my family, to read the Bible without fear, to take a stand for my faith with friends and neighbors.  The Bible states that "Christ set ...

It can be a lonely place when you stand for your convictions and go against the flow, choosing to live life God's way.

As Nancy Leigh DeMoss shared on a recent "Revive Our Hearts^™" program, "if you're going to live a righteous life, if you're going to walk with God, it's going to be, in some senses, lonely.  It's the majority who walk the way of the world, the way of their own flesh, the way of their own sin, who end up under the wrath and the condemnation and the judgment of God.  It ...

I love to golf.  That means on occasion, I'm playing with someone I've never met before.  And the conversation always eventually gets to "So tell me what you do?" and the "So how's business?" conversation. 

I've given, and received, a large number of responses.  I've concluded that business is bad-across the board.  Here's evidence of that fact in just a few of the impacted industries.

1)      The plumbing business is in the toilet

2)      The airline business has crashed

3)      The card table business has folded

4)      The aquarium business has tanked

5)      The ...

There are words that every ministry dreads to hear from a potential donor:

"Never heard of you."

Your breath catches in your throat, your eyelids blink rapidly.  Confidence in a mission statement or clever tagline suddenly feels useless when meeting someone who has never...heard...of...you.

This happened to me as a volunteer with Compassion International recently at a Fishfest music festival for KFSH-Los Angeles.

I suppose I knew it was possible I'd meet folks who had never heard of Compassion, but I didn't expect it to be the first person I met at the sponsorship booth ...