Christian Living

^{Note: This article is reprinted with permission from As I See It, a monthly electronic magazine compiled and edited by Doug Kutilek. AISI is sent free to all who request it by writing to the editor at [email protected].}

^{Note: This article is reprinted with permission from As I See It, a monthly electronic magazine compiled and edited by Doug Kutilek. AISI is sent free to all who request it by writing to the editor at [email protected].}

The message of the Epistle to the Hebrews is so important for our day that I have been rephrasing it and emphasizing aspects of it section by section. The next portion in sequence is significant enough to look individually at each verse and carefully consider what is being declared.

^{Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on March 22, 2007.}

Read Part 1 and Part 2.

Many Christians see the intellect and intellectual activity as second rate at best. To them, the non-rational features of our being are more trustworthy, more receptive to spiritual things, and more alive.

^{Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Warren Vanhetloo’s newsletter “Cogitation.”}

^{Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on March 2, 2007.}

Read Part 1.

Andre and Harold, two mature Christian men, received multiple job offers. Being well taught in the relevant biblical principles, they applied only for positions that were biblically permissible. But that still left each with more than one job to choose from.

^{Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Warren Vanhetloo’s newsletter “Cogitation.”}

by Pastor Dan Miller

^{Editor’s Note: This article was reprinted with permission from Dan Miller’s book Spiritual Reflections.}
There is a delightful little book compiled by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall entitled Children’s Letters to God. As you might anticipate from the title, this work brims with unwitting humor and profound theological insights.

^{Editor’s Note: This article was originally posted on March 2, 2007.}

Fundamentalism features a lot of talk about the heart these days. It probably always has. Speakers emphasize the importance of “hearts on fire for God,” a children’s CD warns against the dangers of developing a cold heart, and a college hosts an annual Heart Conference.

Confessions of a Soft Cessationist

Recently, I had a conversation with a Muslim-background Christian. He shared the story of his childhood in a Muslim village in a North African country. There were no Christians, there were no Bibles, there was no testimony to the gospel, and there had been no missionaries. He had a dream in which Jesus spoke to him and told him that He was the Way, the Truth, and the Life.