Solitude and silence help us experience an intentional encounter with God.
Vantage Point
This is an opinion column in which readers share their thoughts about an issue of interest to the church, challenge others, or reflect on something near and dear to their hearts.
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- READ MOREDespite my own thoughts, feelings, and inclinations, I’ve become a bed-maker. 
- READ MOREYou make one decision for biblical reasons, but then you might run into some contradictions. 
- READ MOREAll of us have discussed sermons—at Grandma’s house, in church meetings, or in conversation with family or friends. 
- Giving and Receiving OnionsA word of encouragement for recent graduatesREAD MORE- I suppose it’s natural to desire a tremendous purpose. 
- READ MOREBut that’s not what the angels sang about. Nor did Jesus promise peace on earth for all men (or women). 
- READ MOREWhen she was quite young, our oldest daughter heard a mention of abortion during a newscast and asked me what the word meant. 
- READ MOREWhen the apostle Andrew met Jesus through John the Baptist, he was immediately captivated by the light of Christ. 
- READ MOREExperience the beauty and peace God has made for you. 
- READ MOREIf you’re new to the magazine, there might be some things you don’t know. 
- READ MOREWhen people greet each other by saying, “Hello,” many also add the question, “How are you?” Why? 
- READ MOREEach one, with its unique shape and color, played a vital role in the grand design we were creating. 
- READ MOREBavinck discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both approaches to preaching, then insists that they belong together in a balanced, biblical approach. 
- READ MOREThe truth is that we may say with our lips that we love the Lord and that he is our treasure, yet our hearts may be far from jim. 
- READ MOREPurity seems to have been reduced to something optional in our modern idea of Christianity. But is it? 
- READ MOREThe cold hard fact is that we are all addicted to sin and every one of us struggles for sobriety from it. Repentance offers a way to be free. 
- READ MORELet us learn to take the often tough, long, and tiresome road. 
- READ MOREUnderstanding what we have in common helps me not only to understand my own cognitive function, but to better support those living with dementia. 
- READ MORENow the pandemic has eased. It seems timely to reflect on the proper place of online worship in the life of the church. How should God’s people employ this technology? 
- READ MOREThis is one of the most important tasks before us at this moment as a denomination. 
- READ MOREI believe God despises how the body of Christ has been divided when the Scriptures have called us to unity. 
- READ MOREJesus’ way is the opposite of our natural inclination to be self-serving. 
- READ MOREThe apostle Paul did not pen those words during his annual holidays, but from a prison cell in Rome. 
- READ MORESometimes we find it easy to overlook God. 
 
     
