by Rich Dixon It’s amazing what God accomplishes through us when we roll up our sleeves. That’s true for any service or ministry, but for the Five Loaves Project, in which A Rocha volunteers … Read More
Trifling Our Souls Into Hell
It was preacher and bishop of Liverpool, J.C. Ryle (1816-1900), who challenged the lackadaisical, half-hearted, lukewarm churchgoers of his time against slouching into hell from the pews of their church buildings. In his book Holiness … Read More
Jesus Is Not a Polygamist and Neither Should We Be
I wonder if you have ever thought about Jesus as a husband crazy in love with his bride. You know the type. The groom who cries at his wedding. The doting newlywed who leaves a … Read More
Living A Story Worth Reading
Whether we’re popping the latest Hollywood mega-hit into the DVD player, downloading the runaway bestseller onto our Kindle, or buying front row seats for the Tony Award winning drama, we all love to get immersed … Read More
What A Tiny Pill Hath Wrought
I’m writing this on June 23rd, the half-century anniversary of the birth control pill. The pill, as it soon came to be called, shifted the world on its axis. Life in the developed world would … Read More
Generosity 101
How many times have we read stories of some person who leads a quiet, frugal life—maybe a librarian or a store clerk—and upon their death, they give a fortune away to the less fortunate? Even … Read More
On Life and Death
by Cari Stone For the past seven years, May 1st has held an elevated status on my calendar for all the wrong reasons. It’s the day that my brother David died. But here’s the thing. … Read More
BOP Update
by The Elders In March, you heard from the Elders regarding our next steps on how to proceed with the proposed multi-purpose building or “BOP”. The BOP is a building that was planned and permitted … Read More
Maybe She’s Right
On the first Thursday of May, there was a prayer meeting of sorts outside the Pentagon in Washington D.C. Franklin Graham and about a dozen friends gathered on the sidewalk and prayed for five minutes. After … Read More
The Kingdom in the Margins of Urbana
by Rob Knight (Rob is supported by SBCC and was Director of Urbana 2009) Those of you who have been on this InterVarsity journey with us for awhile know that, since 2000, the country … Read More