No matter how studied, you will eventually run out of answers.
Keeping the Faith: How to Find Strength When You Run out of Answers
The Unparalleled Gift of Gray Hair
A preview of August's email-only article.
Tim Mossholder |
In this month's email-exclusive article, we'll examine Solomon's words on turning gray and why old age is actually good news.
SOCIETY WON'T JUDGE you for feeling despondent upon noticing your first gray hair. In the 21st century, such an event might as well come with a death sentence because that follicle change signals the beginning of the end.GQ calls your first gray a "somewhat sobering milestone." Allure compares white hair to "an unwelcome house guest." Both outlets then proceed to offer advice on how to handle the distressing new revelation.Why the despondency? It's not so much the gray itself but what it signals: the descent to 4:00 PM dinner buffets, copious physician appointments, and telling the same stories to the same people.
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What I Read in 2023: 3 Books You Might Also Enjoy
Three of my favorite books from 2023, plus I'm giving one of them away!
Update, 6/18/24: Congrats to Sara from Newfoundland for winning the giveaway!
Dan Dimitriu |
How the Wise Respond to God's Wrath
A preview of February's email-only article.
Ben White |
DO YOU EVER think about the wrath of God?
I know our heavenly father's final judgment is everyone's favorite pastime, but those who are wise do not shy away from the subject.
In this month's email-exclusive article, we'll examine Proverbs 16:14, its spiritual applications, and why God desires repentance, not penance.
I LOVE THE multidimensionality of advice offered in the book of Proverbs. On the one hand the book provides practical guidance for life with passages like, "The slacker does not plow in season; at harvest time he looks, but nothing is there" (20:4, BSB). And on the other hand Proverbs pours out spiritual salves in verses such as "Keep your heart with all vigilance, for from it flow the springs of life" (4:23).
Often, you get both levels of insight within the same verse.
Proverbs 16:14 is a good example: "A king’s wrath is a messenger of death, and a wise man will appease it." The verse may not seem too practical since we do not answer to kings. Nevertheless we all have authority figures in our lives--bosses and teachers to name a couple--who have the power to impact our lives. Their wrath may not bring about death in a literal sense, but a termination or failed course can ruin one's livelihood. As a result, we would do well to prevent, if possible, their ire and, if not possible, to appease it.
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Cancel Your Plans: God Has Something Better for You
Freedom comes with responsibility.
Parabol |
Change Your Entire Outlook on Death with this Weird Historical Fact
A preview of June's email-only article.
Christina Morillo |
HAVE YOU EVER pondered the afterlife?
That's the question we're asking in this month's email-only article. No doubt you've though about what lies beyond death before, but maybe you've never thought about the privilege of revelation that we all enjoy today.
Job's vision of death and the beyond is something much different than what you or I imagine. He sees an existence filled with darkness where even the light is like darkness. In fact, as many commentators have pointed out, Job actually uses three different Hebrew words to signify darkness.At this point, Job just wants to be left alone so he can enjoy a few moments before he dies because, in his mind, death results in eternal gloom.The question, then, is how did we transition from Job's view of eternal darkness to one of everlasting light?
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