Review: Walking through the Fire

Review: Walking through the Fire

How much is too much? How much suffering can a person take before it overwhelms? This questions stares the reader of Walking through the Fire in the face. After contracting polio as an infant and being misdiagnosed, Vaneetha Risner spent days on end in hospital for...
Bible study porn: The role of community in Bible study

Bible study porn: The role of community in Bible study

When Zack Snyder’s Man of Steel was released in 2013, one reviewer critiqued its closing act as “violence porn.” Bryan Singer’s 2006 Superman Returns had been criticised as light on action. Snyder overcorrected with Man of Steel. The excessive action included a final...
Hopeful Love: The Key to Christian Consistency

Hopeful Love: The Key to Christian Consistency

The term “fair-weather friend” describes a person who is supportive and friendly in good times but who disappears in difficulties. Tragically, many churches know the reality of fair-weather Christians, who profess Christ when things are going smoothly but who, as...
Heartfelt Love: Serving the Lord with Diligence and Zeal

Heartfelt Love: Serving the Lord with Diligence and Zeal

The Christian life is one of love: active, holy, and self-sacrificing. In Romans 12, the Paul provides a portrait of sincere, non-hypocritical love in every area of life: personal devotion, community life, daily interactions, and even conflict. We have already...