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Editor's Picks

• Chris Carpenter

  

  Watch an Exclusive Video Clip from the New Movie, 'Elijah Peel'

  Elijah Peel is a powerful rock ’n’ roll drama about addiction, faith, healing, and second chances. Written, directed, and produced by Kevin D. Sepe, the film stars Robert Malcolm Cumming and Kevin Sorbo, and introduces newcomer Evelyn Grace Kite in a breakout performance, with executive producers Willie and Korie Robertson...

  1 min readElijah PeelExclusive Movie ClipRobert Malcolm CummingDivine AppointmentsSecond Chances
• Kim Gentry Meyer

  

  Cultivating Spiritual Fortitude

  Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for he who promised is faithful. - Hebrews 10:23Building Spiritual FortitudeDuring the past decade I’ve experienced a great deal of physical suffering. Most people don’t know the extent of it, and I won’t waste words here going into the...

  3 min readspiritual awarenessspiritual fortituderight thinkingdevotionaltrust
• HANANIAH

  

  I Can Do All Things Through Christ: Meaning

  It's painted on locker-room walls and quoted before big games and hard exams: "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me." It sounds like a promise of unstoppable success. But if you read the verses around it, Paul was talking about something almost the opposite of winning —...

  3 min readi can do all things through christphilippians 4 13 meaningi can do all things through christ who strengthens mecontentmentKnowing God
• Chris Carpenter

  

  A Star is Born Again in New 'Elijah Peel' Movie

  Sometimes people do get a second chance in life even if the circumstances don’t make any sense. A powerful new film about fame, addiction, redemption, and the unexpected ways faith can change a life spell this out beautifully. Elijah Peel, inspired by a true story, follows a stadium-filling rock star...

  8 min readElijah PeelFaith-Based MovieKevin D. SepeRobert Malcolm CummingDivine Appointments
• Stevens Brookes

  

  Do Fast Walkers in Their 80s Have Healthier Brains?

  What the "Super Mover" Study Reveals About Aging Well — and What It Means for FaithAs we age, a slower walk starts to feel like the natural order of things. Muscle mass declines, balance shifts, joints don't move the way they used to. Shorter steps and a slower pace are...

  10 min readsuper movers walking speed studygait speed and dementia riskhealthy aging and faithhippocampus preservation exercisecognitive reserve resilience
• Sylvia Greer

  

  "Wives, Submit to Your Husbands." That's Not a Sentence.

  If you know one line from the Bible about marriage, it's probably this one:Wives, submit to your husbands.It has been printed on wedding programs, quoted in arguments, and used to end conversations. For a lot of people it's the single strongest reason to keep a safe distance from Christianity. That...

  6 min readChristianityFaith and DoubtChristian LivingBiblical Marriage