Reflections on Prodigals
A prodigal recklessly spends, not counting the cost, is wasteful, often with another’s possessions or with trust capital or with her own life.
A prodigal recklessly spends, not counting the cost, is wasteful, often with another’s possessions or with trust capital or with her own life.
Watch what happens as the Lord allows you rest in a broad place where you can drink in his healing and helping grace.
Every one of us can recall a time when we feel the proverbial desert sands stinging our eyes and burning our feet.
Prodigals create seemingly impossible hurt. But there is hope.
The great Apostle Peter once wrote, “Therefore, let those who suffer according to God’s will entrust their souls to a faithful Creator while doing good” (1 Peter 4:19). Clearly Peter understood two very important things: when we do the will of God suffering may come (contrary to the whole health and wealth narrative), and God is faithful in the midst […]
Pastor Matthew shared the following remarks with the New Hope Church community during the time of lament in the worship gathering on Sunday, May 31, 2020, less than a week after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis. These past several days I’ve been in Tennessee because, as many of you know by now, my mom died suddenly. Just a few […]
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