redemption

The author of Hillbilly Elegy is insisting that the Netflix film is not too gloomy and tragic, but instead, a story that promotes redemption and resilience.

Phil Robertson opens up about the gift of redemption through Christ despite our difference.

Yesterday, we focused on God’s invitation to partner with him in redeeming the pandemic and our other crises. Today, I’d like to think about an intriguing way to reframe such service in these difficult days.

If God can design a leaf, he can design your life. If he could redeem Joni Eareckson Tada’s tragedy, he can redeem your circumstances. As with her, he has a design for you that is uniquely fitted for your kingdom assignment.

He says to us in John 16:33b, “In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world” (NIV). Jesus spoke those words to his disciples prior to his death on the cross on Good Friday. He was claiming victory even before his suffering. He was looking ahead to his resurrection.

And because of Jesus’s death and resurrection, we can claim victory over our suffering as well.

In PureFlix's new series Restored, former Duck Dynasty star Missy Robertson interviews women who came from difficult backgrounds but found hope when given a second chance in life. 

“Ebeneeeeezer!” Today on BreakPoint, I’m going to talk about Charles Dickens’ great classic work, A Christmas Carol.

A homeless drug addict who broke into an Arkansas church and vandalized $100,000 worth of property was baptized at the same congregation six months later – all because the staff and church members displayed grace and got him much-needed help.

Imagine Mark Twain’s “Huckleberry Finn,” only with a crab-pot thief and a young man with Down syndrome, instead of Tom and Huck. And instead of the mighty Mississippi, imagine the estuaries of North Carolina. And instead of skipping school to run away, imagine running away to attend school (well, wrestling school).

A man who was formerly involved in a homosexual lifestyle has spoken openly of his miraculous conversion. Incredibly, after he found Christ, Brian Wheelock was taken on a miraculous journey of renewal and, eventually, ended up marrying a woman.