
In an interview with Religion News Service, Christian author and pastor Max Lucado opened up about finding peace in his divine purpose despite the many hardships he is facing.
In an interview with Religion News Service, Christian author and pastor Max Lucado opened up about finding peace in his divine purpose despite the many hardships he is facing.
How can we best navigate the anxieties and stresses of these days? Habakkuk’s testimony is one of my favorite paragraphs in Scripture. It begins by describing dire circumstances: “Though the fig tree should not blossom, nor fruit be on the vines, the produce of the olive fail and the fields yield no food, the flock be cut off from the fold and there be no herd in the stalls” (Habakkuk 3:17). In his day, this would mean the loss of every means of sustenance. But the prophet responded: “Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will take joy in the God of my salvation” (v. 18).
After verbally agreeing to a peace deal back in October, on Wednesday, Sudan has made the agreement official by signing the Abraham Accords.
Amid deep political division, nearly 200 evangelical leaders have signed a statement urging Christians to be peacemakers and encouraging them to treat their neighbors with love and dignity.
Yesterday, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain became the third and fourth Arab countries to establish diplomatic relations with Israel.
On Thursday, Donald Trump announced a historic peace agreement between Israel and the UAE.
When the new year began, did you know that it would be dominated by this pandemic? Could you see this four months ago? Can you see four months from today? Neither can I. The good news is that we can turn to wisdom beyond ourselves. The prophet Isaiah said of Jesus: “The Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord” (Isaiah 11:2). Jesus demonstrated such wisdom and foreknowledge throughout his earthly ministry.