March-April 2021 Issue

Current Issue: March/April 2021 – Vol. 115

“Hear my voice” 

“Be eager to turn away from your sins and pursue what is right. I stand at the door and knock – if your heart is open to hear my voice and you open the door within, I will come and feast with you” 

Revelation 3:19-20 (amplified translation)

Table of Contents

• In This Issue: “The Lord speaks – do we respond?”

FEATURES

• Dead Weight, by Tom Caballes
• A Season of Grace, Preparation, and Purification, by Mike Heskamp
• Forgiving Debts and Drawing Closer with Awe and Reverence, by Jerry Munk
• How Much Does God Love Us? By Mark Kinzer
• Personal Reflection and Practical Steps for Mending Relationships, and Repairing Wrongdoing, by Steve Clark
• A Brief History of the Sword of the Spirit: Part 3 – Community Life, and Part 4 – Relations Among Communities and Call to Build a Bulwark, by Bruce Yocum, Henry Dieterich, and Bob Bell
• Growing in Love and Understanding of Other Christians, by Karen Jordan
• Finding Home Away from Home – An Ecumenical Adventure, by Michi Schoeberl
• Nothing but Christ’s Love can Join Us and Keep Us Together in Community, by Salim Baz

COLUMNS, UPDATES and REFLECTIONS

• Earthen Vessels, by Renee B.
• Trusting in the Wisdom of God, and A Thorn in the Flesh, by Tom Caballes 
• Feeling God’s Love – Think About It! by Sam Williamson
• Don’t Settle for Less, by Barbara Luea 
• Bad Times, by Mike Shaughnessy 
• Rooted in God’s Word, by Jeanne Kun
• The Lord Speaks, Are you Hungry for His Word?, by Don Schwager 
• Some Spiritual Reading Resources for the Forty Days of Lent