Last Thursday Eileen and I traveled to Seattle to visit with a gastric (stomach) cancer specialist. We met with him on Friday afternoon and had a very nice visit. Here’s the “hot skinny:” The doctor was very enthusiastic about the progress the chemo has had with reducing the size of the lesions on Eileen’s liver. […]
A New Report on Eileen
Last week we had another CT Scan. The results showed that the lesions on her liver were again, half the size they were at the last CT scan. So, it appears that the chemo is doing its job and the cancer is shrinking. Praise the Lord. On the other hand, Eileen is feeling the tumor […]
God’s purposes in Hardship: a lesson from the apostle Paul
by Lisa Leidenfrost It is hard to see at first how God uses trial to bless, but let’s take a look at Paul’s trials and what God does with them. “For we do not preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord, and ourselves your bondservants for Jesus’ sake” (2 Cor. 4:5). If we are God’s […]
Change: time moves on
by Lisa Leidenfrost Change is not an easy thing, especially when it goes in a direction you don’t want. Let’s face it. When you are in a severe trial your life changes. The initial trial may be bad enough on its own, but there is often a series of negative changes that happen in its […]
When…Various Trials Come
Many years ago, a friend of mine told me that my life was too nice and easy. Everything came easy to me and nothing bad ever seemed to happen. God was blessing me and my life. But that was going to change. At the time, I thought my friend just took everything in a bad […]
The Only Kind of Gospel There Is
Doug Wilson I have other things to write about, but it appears to me that the Lord doesn’t have other things for me to write about. I don’t mind because this is actually a subject that gives me full opportunity and scope to preach the gospel. But be forewarned, this opportunity is actually an opportunity […]
The Victim
A recent event caused me to think about an area of the Christian life that I don’t hear much about: The need for the sinner to remember that he has harmed the victim of his sin. She has had her heart broken, her spirit crushed, her world rocked. When he confesses his sin to her […]
Mature Enough To Marry
Mike, There was one question I wanted to ask you but I forgot to: is feeling convinced God has uniquely prepared you to help someone mature in Christ a good reason to marry them? Is feeling you are suited to help them a valid reason for commitment? It may seem like a silly question or […]
When Things Go Crazy
by Lisa Leidenfrost With things in the world the way they are right now, with extremists muslims taking over territory and with the homosexuals gaining their victory at the expense of everyone else, things seem like they are turning upside down. It is the same feeling as being in an earthquake where the ground underneath […]