Fresh Start: Forgiveness

Fresh Start: Forgiveness

In the spring of 2005, Anna Lyndsey was working at her computer screen at the Department of Work and Pensions for the British government when her face began to burn. The pain continued, and eventually, Lyndsey learned that the painful reactions were caused by light....
Fresh Start: Accepted

Fresh Start: Accepted

Who are you? What gives you identity? What’s your brand? In his song, Identity, Christian rapper Lecrae raps this chorus, “I’m not the shoes I wear. I’m not the clothes I buy. I’m not the house I live in. I’m not the cars I drive, no. I’m not the job I work. You can’t...
Fresh Start: More Than a Good Teacher

Fresh Start: More Than a Good Teacher

For the next few days, let’s consider the story of a man who needs no introduction. Well, at least not in the time and town where he lived. Our story is about a young man with a lot of money. But this rich young man was contemplating mortality. Makes you wonder why....
Fresh Start: Living Sacrifice

Fresh Start: Living Sacrifice

In the Old Testament, those who worshiped God participated in animal sacrifice. The believer took their sacrifice to the temple, put the animal to death, and placed its body on the altar to be consumed in the fire. Because of their sin, the worshiper should have been...
Fresh Start: Come and See

Fresh Start: Come and See

The Christian apologist G. K. Chesterton wrote this: Suppose we hear an unknown man spoken of by many men. Suppose we were puzzled to hear that some men said he was too tall and some too short; some objected to his fatness, some lamented his leanness; some thought he...