How to Study a Bible Character: Discovering the People in the Greatest Story Ever Told

Posted on 20th January 201729th July 2019 by Barb Peil

God is the greatest storyteller of all time. Using narratives that begin with such lines as, “In the land of Uz there lived a man . . .” (Job 1:1 NIV), He plucks us out of our world and drops us into another. Suddenly, we’re in a different time and culture, yet the characters we […]

For the Sake of the Children

Posted on 17th January 201710th November 2017 by Barb Peil

Ripples of shock and outrage course through the hearts of readers who can’t put down Wess Stafford’s book, Too Small to Ignore: Why the Least of These Matters Most. In addition to championing the cause of children worldwide, the book includes his story of childhood abuse and deliverance in a West Africa boarding school. How […]

An Ordinary Home Can Be a Holy Place

Posted on 10th January 201710th November 2017 by Barb Peil

The word holy means “set apart” for a specific purpose—like the linen and silverware you use only on holidays. As a place where the truth about God and His Word is modeled, your home can be a holy place—set apart for His children to grow. “Our home? Holy?” Yes! But . . . It Starts […]

Depression: Hope for the Grey Days

Posted on 21st December 201610th November 2017 by Barb Peil

Some call them “Jonah days”—times when you feel down in the mouth, unable to get a positive perspective on life. But Jonah wasn’t the only person in the Bible to suffer this kind of depression. Elijah also felt overwhelmed. So did King David. Closer to home, depression of varying degrees visits us all from time […]