Category: Feature Stories

June 13, 2023

On Barrenness and its Consequences

Thus says the Lord: “A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; she refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” – Jeremiah 31:15 There is a quiet, yet widespread dilemma afflicting North…

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April 20, 2023

Shadows and Substance: Christ’s Better Sacrifice

by Thomas Winger Persecution was a vivid memory and now loomed again on the horizon. They had not yet suffered to the point of shedding blood (Hebrews 12:4), but they bore the scars of public ridicule, plundering of property, and imprisonment (Hebrews 10:32–34). The epistle…

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April 13, 2023

A Cradle for the Cross

by William Mundt “And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, He interpreted to them in all the Scriptures the things concerning Himself.”  |  Luke 24:27 The man on the edge of a crowd cannot always fully grasp what a speaker is saying (think of…

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February 27, 2023

Ecumenical Dialogue—Why bother?

by Michael Keith Our Lord Jesus prays in His High Priestly prayer in John 17: “Holy Father, keep them in Your name, which You have given Me, that they may be one, even as We are one” (v. 17). Our Lord Jesus is praying for…

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February 22, 2023

Seeking Reconciliation: Your Role in Resolving Church Conflict

NOTE: This article addresses the kind of conflicts which sometimes occur in the church in the course of everyday life. It doesn’t address more serious issues like abuse. If you are the victim of abuse or another serious situation, please contact appropriate civil and church…

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February 13, 2023

The Church is the Body of Christ: We are the Body of Christ

by Edward Kettner What do we mean when we refer to the Church as “the body of Christ”? That phrase occurs in several places in the New Testament. The phrase can simply mean the physical body of Jesus which was laid in the tomb, though…

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