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There are countless voices in our culture ringing through the air with definitions of what men should be like in […]

(Click here to read the original article published on May 31, 2019.) On the sixth day of the strikes by […]

Searching… My email is like the pit of despair. I keep everything, you know, just in case. Like all the […]

In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]

(Click here to read the UPDATE on this article) It is three a.m.  In the darkness of the morning, Lifeword […]

“A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which […]

“That may be true for you, but it’s not true for me.” Has anyone ever said this to you in […]

Every time I see that phrase tweeted or represented in a pretty meme of some kind, I want to yell, […]

John Paton (1824—1907), missionary to the New Hebrides Islands in the South Pacific, was on one occasion surrounded by a […]

“I never dreamed” when I was a teen that my lifelong best friend would be murdered while sleeping in bed.  […]

The most formidable problem against Christianity isn’t whether or not God exists, but rather, if he does exist, why he […]

In people’s lives, there must come a time when they decide for themselves what they really believe. Because I grew […]

Dear high school graduate, I see your smiling face, your parents’ arms thrown around you, hugging you tightly, and I […]

Eighteen years…Eighteen years and two months to be exact. That should have been plenty of time to prepare for what […]

All it took was an invitation. An invitation to go to the church around the corner.  My family had just […]

I remember a time when a very long relationship ended, and the feeling was like a shotgun to my chest. […]

“Mrs. Cline” the lady behind the receptionist desk called out.  I walked up and answered, “Yes.”  “Are you here for […]

Mother’s Day Sundays would bring such heartache for many years. Oh sure, I still had my mom with me (300 […]

Did Jesus battle depression? Seems like a strange question at first, but consider Isaiah’s prophesy of the coming Messiah: “He […]

Do you want more joy and peace in your life? Who doesn’t, right? I’ve never heard anyone say, “You know, […]

Do you ever wonder what happens when you pray? Sometimes we need a reminder. You may value prayer and you […]

I’ve been a praying person for much of my life. Has it worked? Has it fixed me entirely? Apparently not, because I […]

It was around 1:00 in the morning when I was jarred awake by my wife slapping me in the chest […]

I’ve always loved watching and reading anything about medieval times. Kings and their royal families, strong and fearless knights storming […]

The conception and rise of Christianity in the first century was due to the resurrection of Jesus, and so profoundly […]

“Jesus died on a cross.”  We should not be able to utter that without an utterly overwhelming shudder of awe, […]

There’s something beautiful about a restored relationship between a child and their father. At one time, I was angry with […]

“Life isn’t worth living without it.”  Those six words spoken by my dad brought my world racing into high-definition focus […]

In his wilder days, my dad had a group that he partied with. They were good guys but they all […]

My almost two-year-old son, Luke, is fascinated with trucks and trailers. If we’re out driving around and an 18-wheeler drives […]

Sometimes, everything around you seems to be falling apart. The markets are down and retirement looks bleak… You can’t seem […]

Last week’s revelation that fifty people had been charged in scams to get their kids into colleges illegally did not […]

I get so frustrated when I lose my keys, my cell phone, or that important receipt. It’s discouraging. If it’s […]

It was like an assembly line, but there were no machines doing any work. It was me. A spread of […]

It was just supposed to be a casual drive from home to visit a friend a few hours away. But […]

Nafisa Morris is a young widow who writes Rekindling Joy, a blog that encourages others who have suffered similar losses. Her […]

The generation that is ascending into adulthood today, known as the millennial generation, is one that many would call “entitled,” […]

A simple Google search for the true meaning of happiness gives you 473,000,000 results. Could it really be that easy? […]

Before the days of Instagram and Facebook and even cell phones, we had film. Actual film. You put the roll […]

At just seven years old, I knew the hurt of loneliness. My mother worked long hours overnight to pay the […]

I’m not sure when it happened, but by the time I had children of my own, I had forgiven my […]

 It’s the most wonderful time of the year, except when it isn’t. Everything about the season highlights your loss, whether […]

It was 1984, and news reports about the famine in Ethiopia shocked the world with pictures of starving children with […]

If you ever have the privilege of meeting Ben Roberson, you will never forget him. One of the first times […]

She walked into my makeshift clinic room hesitantly and took a seat. I thought she was in her mid-fifties, but her […]

In 1979, fourteen years after Lifeword’s (then Harvest Gleaner Hour’s) first broadcast, the highly anticipated Spanish language was added to […]

Only five languages have been chosen by Lifeword as “starter languages” included in the beta-testing stage before the public rollout […]

Quebrada de Humahuaca (named by the Inca descendents of northern Argentina) is a narrow valley just south of the Bolivian […]

Ezekiel 36:36 (ESV) “Then the nations that are left all around you shall know that I am the Lord; I […]

For those of us who are technologically challenged, Lifeword’s new initiative, the Cloud, is difficult to understand and even harder […]