Looking for God in a Box

Solomon opens Ecclesiastes with a dismal pronouncement: “Everything is meaningless!” (Eccles. 1:2) After spending much of his life in pursuit of monuments, fortunes, and pleasures, his all-out effort to fabricate meaning out of his own existence failed. Fast-forward...

2013 Year End Update

Encourage to Faith Ministries 2013 Year End Update To All, “I pray You, show me your glory.” These are the plaintive words of Moses in Exodus 33:18. These words have also been my prayer in 2013, and God has wonderfully shown His glory in so many ways. This past year...

There is a Wall

There is a wall that we all build. We think it protects us. “Tear it down.” The wall was begun when we were a child. We were scared. We were unsure. We were selfish. So we built. “Tear it down.” We accepted Christ, but the wall remained. And we tried to look over the...

Cat Days

Our country is in trouble. No two ways about it. Morality is in decline, self-absorption is on the rise, and the precepts of the Bible are being redefined or ignored altogether. It’s easy to become discouraged. But in so doing, we show that we are listening to the...

We Are the Sheep

We are the sheep. He is the Shepherd. We are His. We can boldly go out into the pastures of the world knowing we will be kept from harm. We know that we will be well-fed, for He always provides the nourishment we need. We don’t know how He will do it. But He knows. ...