If you’ve ever served at or attended a Vacation Bible School – or Vacation Bible Xperience for one church I attended – you’ve likely sung Jeremiah 29:11. “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah […]
Author: John Horning
God and the Economy
[29 minutes to read] Several months ago, one of my students gave me a sheet of paper written top-to-bottom with a series of questions related to God and the Christian’s role in the economy. I went through and answered each question in turn, and gave him my typed responses. While the document has been slightly […]
Raising an Apostate
Introduction I was speaking with an older man not long ago whom we’ll call Aaron. Aaron was talking to me about his son – now an adult with kids of his own – and his son’s not being a Christian. Aaron spoke with pain in his eyes about two things: 1.) his son was running […]
Emotions in Wisdom Personified
Wisdom the Woman Proverbs has always been a very precious book to me. Especially as a High Schooler, I had a strong desire to be wiser than my age. I have always recognized that my youth would be the window of my greatest capability, and I wanted to ensure that the saying “youth is wasted […]
My Resolutions
Context A little over a year ago, I read a biography of Jonathan Edwards — a preacher of the First Great Awakening — written by Dr. Steven J. Lawson. The title is The Unwavering Resolve of Jonathan Edwards, and I would certainly recommend reading it. While Dr. Lawson tends to whitewash the figures about whom […]
The Secret of Satisfaction
The Pain of Pursuit I have never been satisfied by a meal. Never once in my life have I finished eating and not felt the desire to taste more, if not for the fullness of my stomach. Rather than feeling satisfaction, the craving for food had simply dissipated — in some cases, I had had […]