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Mature Faith Does Not Show Favoritism Symbols of social status in America tend to be material goods. The person at the wheel of the sleek sports car is powerful. The one wearing expensive designer clothing is wealthy. The individual with the latest piece of pricey technology is ahead of the curve. The people seated in box seats or first class...

Silence and Spiritual Walk: The Quiet Strength of Faith In To Know as We Are Known: Education as a Spiritual Journey, Parker J. Palmer wrote of his efforts to establish a discipline of silence in his classrooms: “Eventually my students feel a sense of community in the silence that is deeper than what they feel when the words are flowing fast...

Help One Another on the Path to Mature Faith From the EditorsIn “Pilgrims to the City of God,” musician and writer Michael Card sang: “Pilgrims of passion, we follow the One Who holds out a cross and a crown. We travel a dark road that has but one Light, For we have here no lasting town. And sometimes we run by the power of His might. On...

Mature Faith and Good Deeds: Example of Abraham How do we know Abraham had faith in God? Scripture tells us we know it by what he did (Heb. 11:8–19). He left his home to go to an unknown country. He trusted God to keep a humanly impossible promise to give him and Sarah a son. He was willing to sacrifice that son at God’s instruction. His...

Mature Faith and Good Deeds: Example of Rahab We know Rahab had faith in God because her actions revealed her faith (see Joshua 2; 6:22–25; Heb. 11:31). She hid the two Israelite spies from her own government, then misdirected their pursuers and helped them escape. She thus saved her entire extended family and ended up in the genealogy of...

Mature Faith Knows Love and Favoritism Can’t Mix In Shakespeare’s play The Merchant of Venice, one character pleads in court for another to be forgiven of his debt: “The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven upon the place beneath. It is twice blest; It blesseth him that gives and him that takes. . .

Silence and Spiritual Walk: Silence, Fear, and Faith Pastor Martin Niemöller spent seven years in Nazi concentration camps. At the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., his words are on display: “First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists,...

Socializing is an aspect of Christian fellowship, but there is so much more to biblical fellowship. What can you share with others? Perhaps it is a prayer or a word of encouragement, or perhaps you can help meet a material need. Ask the Lord to show you ways that you can fellowship with your community of believers.

The Church’s Big Task In recent years the “gig economy” or “sharing economy” has become so prevalent that, according to Pew research, 72 percent of American adults have used one of its sharing or on-demand services. Every day, companies like Uber, Thumbtack, and TaskRabbit match available workers with jobs. As an apostle, Paul had been given...

Daily devotional from Moody Bible Institute: If you need to rewire a thermostat, you can find an online video showing you how to do it yourself.