“Who taught you that?”
One of the most effective practices for parents of adult children who have not only departed the home, but apparently could depart the faith, resides in the reasoning of righteous Job. Job thought, “My children may have sinned and cursed God in their hearts.” Job offered sacrifices for them daily (Job 1:5). [...]

Though people may sometimes point to certain ones and/or gender as being more relationship-oriented, we all realize how untrained we are about “relationship” when it applies to encountering our awesome Creator. Our most intimate and revealing relationships reflect this. How we live one is how we live the other. There is an awkwardness and ignorance [...]

Close-est
“that the world may know that You…have loved them AS You have loved Me” (Jn 17:23)
“I will BE to Him a Father, and He will BE to Me a Son” (Heb 1:5)
“As I was with Moses, so will I be with you” (Joshua 1:5)
How close is close? It seems we can think of God as [...]