Dear PHBF Students

God is not surprised to learn you have a brain. The opportunity to broaden your mind, enhance your skills, and increase your learning is a gift from God. Which is to say, school is a gift from God. I hope you’ll approach it that way this year. Paul wrote, “Whether you...

Fighting For Your Life

Why is it so difficult to experience God as a personal reality in our daily lives? Noise and distraction. It is utterly impossible to engage with God on the run. For thousands of years, Christians have testified from experience that intimacy with the Almighty requires...

Cover Sin With Love

Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, was reminded one day of a vicious deed that someone had done to her years before; but she acted as if she had never heard of the incident. “Don’t you remember it?” her friend asked. “No,” came Barton’s reply, “I...