Gardens to Work

By Dennis F. Kinlaw, FAS co-founder Recently, I sensed an inner voice telling me that I needed to look carefully again at the opening three chapters of Genesis. My first thought was that I have been reading these chapters for the better part of eight decades. What...

Being Imitators of God

By Ron Adkins, FAS Fellow The Apostle Paul tells the churches throughout Ephesus to “be imitators of God, as beloved children. And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God” (Eph. 5:1-2, ESV). One of Daniel...

Go with the Flow or Flop with the Mop

By Hubert Harriman I sometimes led, or joined, some work teams from the church I was pastoring, going to places like Bolivia, Paraguay, and Honduras. Almost always, we had some veteran workers on these teams who would counsel “go with the flow and flop with the mop.”...

A Server Named David

By Lane Loman, FAS Speaker The Lomans with David In Columbus, IN, most restaurants close early on Christmas Eve. Gretchen and I found that out when we drove downtown for lunch. However, the Japanese restaurant was open. We laughed as we spoke of the closing scene of...