A prescription is a recommendation that is put forward authoritatively (we would be foolish to ignore a doctor’s prescription which gives us the medication we need to help us in our illnesses, for example.) In 1 Cor 16:13-14, Paul issues some pithy prescriptions,...

A springboard is a strong, flexible board from which someone may jump in order to gain added impetus when performing a dive or a gymnastic movement. During the recent Olympic Games, we saw examples of divers and gymnasts using springboards to gain added height and...

‘Life would be easy if it weren’t for other people’ is the title of a book by Connie Pedesta and Vicki Sanderson. I haven’t read the book, but the sentiment expressed in its title made me smile, for I often feel that way. It’s the same feeling that we have when asked...