Lawrence LaPierre

No one chooses to be abandoned. Abandonment occurs when those from whom we expect love, understanding, and acceptance turn away from us. Whatever the cause of the abandonment, the experience is painful. Church members, even whole groups within…

Train yourself in godliness” (1 Tim. 4:7, NRSV). Paul’s instruction is of the greatest importance to those of us who are called to lead God’s people. Pastors are expected to serve God and His people with all the gifts and graces given by…

Veterans have been returning from wars for countless centuries in almost every corner of the world. Battles were and are being fought in localized insurgencies, revolutions, civil wars, regional conflicts, and, at least in the twentieth century,…

The older I get, the less willing I am to stop along a road, even a well-traveled one, to give a ride to a stranger. There have been too many stories of tragedy befalling people who offered a ride to someone who seemed…