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If I come from a broken family, how can I turn my life around? The solution seems obvious: leave home, marry a Christian, start my own family. Do things different from the way my parents did. So why do so many who try this wind up making all the same mistakes their parents did? Marrying a Christian and following God together are essential—but your parents’ sin still affects you, and it will affect your children after you. This is generational bad news. "I…am a jealous God, punishing the children for the sin of the parents to the third and fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing love to a thousand generations of those who love me and keep my commandments" (Deut. 5:9-10). How do we turn this generational curse into a thousand generations of blessing? The key is honoring your parents—even those who are not honorable, or not even Christians. You (and your children) need your parents, and they need you. Restoring these relationships will change your life. Don’t wait for your parents to make the first move—your love and obedience to God can bring love for a thousand generations. -
“Although our circumstances change for good or ill, who the Lord is and what he has done for us never changes. We can therefore rejoice in him always.” – Heather Torosyan Join retired missionary and avid Bible teacher Heather Torosyan for an encouraging walk through the book of Philippians. This brief categorical study covers the context and main themes of Paul’s epistle to the Christians of Philippi. Learn how:- Rejoicing in the Lord is the root of all other joy.
- Where there is grace, suffering can be faced with power, not defeat.
- We each have a role to play in spreading the gospel.
- God the Father is the source of the living grace which we need daily.
- True humility is not an action only, but a quality of mind.
- Every aspect of the Christian life is centered around Jesus Christ.
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Available for preorder. Expected release date is August 10. “Discernment is given not to criticize, but to intercede.” – Oswald Chambers Discernment is important for Christians—we need to be able to see error when it creeps into the books we read, the podcasts we listen to, the sermons we hear, or just our conversations with friends. But what happens when our capacity for thinking critically gets out of hand? The ability to be critical is a valuable skill, but, like all tools, what matters is how you use it. Exercising spiritual discernment should spur us on to encourage, exhort, and pray for others. Learn from pastor’s wife Bessie Wilson how we can keep a critical spirit from going off the rails and instead put this God-given faculty to good use in our lives and the lives of those around us.