ARTICLES
Does Curiosity Kill the Christian?
Some people praise curiosity as a spiritual discipline we each should partake in if we wish to know God and grow in holiness. In other circles it’s viewed as a dangerous practice where believers shouldn’t even acknowledge the words of someone they disagree with on secondary or tertiary issues. Who is right?
Let Thanksgiving Season Your Conversations
A life of thanksgiving is available to every one of us. In our consumeristic culture, it will take radical heart change and refocusing our attention, but God is able to do above and beyond all that we can think or ask. But we must ask.
Waiting Well
As the saying goes, we often ask God for patience and that he would give it now! Yet, God has good for us in the waiting room of life.
A Hearing Check for the Spiritually Deaf
To truly hear from God often requires a lot of work. But it’s worth it.
Not What We’ve Expected
Creating calm environments is hard work. That’s why God sometimes must force his way in. And that’s a good thing.
Countering Spiritual Busyness
Much of the Christian life runs counter to the “American Dream” of achievement. Rather than striving, God calls the Christian to rest.
How Humiliating
No one wants to be humiliated. But even as our face turns red, God may be pouring his love into our hearts.
How Infertility Revealed My Idolatry
How can you find hope in God after years of crushing monthly disappointment?
Eat the Book
When our faith is predominantly an intellectual faith, one situated in our minds, we are on the path to becoming dry bones, bodies that are unnourished and wasting away.
A Spectacle Unto Angels
Are the saints in heaven too preoccupied with their Eternal Country that they’ve forgotten about you and I? What the Bible seems to indicate might surprise you.
The Friend We Need, and Need to Be
God designed us for friendships—deep ones that strengthen and sustain when life feels overwhelming.