Dr. Carmen Joy Imes

What must you do? I'm not referring to your to-do list. What are you compelled to do? (besides eat chocolate) What can you not help ...

Two events, miles apart and so very different, linked hands in plain view, inviting me to consider them side by side. The first, a memoria...

Photo: Aviva by Kameel The line wound its way out of the Mediterranean restaurant and wrapped around the corner. We took it as a good si...

Over at the Wheaton blog I've just published a review of Gordon T. Smith's Called to Be Saints: An Invitation to Christian Maturit...

Somewhere in Colorado a very dear woman is watching the sun set on her special day. To the one who began as my mother and became my friend...

If you're new to my blog, then you might not know that Danny and I have been missionaries with SIM for the past 10 years. I was recently...

I just stumbled across a gem in the preface to a book by Frank Thielman entitled Paul and the Law. I almost always read the preface because ...

There is a widespread, popular assumption that the Bible teaches the concept of the "priesthood of all believers."  This is usuall...

My devotional today reminded me of the wise words of a good friend. First, the devotional: Charles Ringma, in Dare to Journey with Henri N...

Last year at ETS I experienced a rapid succession of divine appointments for 3 days straight.  This year felt different because I did a lot ...

There's nothing more beautiful than to watch someone doing just what God created them to do. We spent 5 wonderful hours with our frien...

Neither is beauty, or vocal talent, or physical coordination. It's a hand you are dealt, not an accomplishment. What you do with it, ...