Fighting to be first often leaves us—and others—bruised and battered. There is a better way.

Paul writes that “asceticism and severity to the body” have “no value in stopping the indulgence of the flesh.” So what can cause people to change?

While God’s Word is sharper than any two-edged sword, it also doubles as a paintbrush when held in the hand of the Master Painter.

The best way to discover how God has gifted you is by being a part of the local communities he has given us.

What resources of the heart might enable us to forgive those who have sinned against us? We need to know because forgiveness, we’re told in Scripture, is mandatory for a Christian.

A sunny spring afternoon spent helping my daughter ride a bike provided a helpful image for daily life as a disciple of Jesus.

We should go out of our way to honor our fellow Christians, to say out loud, in front of others, the wonderful things God is doing through his children whom he has redeemed.

To offer a true apology, we need to scrub our cultural understanding of apologies. God has better for everyone involved in a conflict than, “I’m sorry if I hurt you.”

Far too many Christians are wracked with guilt and shame as they ponder their sin. They may say they believe in a loving Father, but you wouldn’t know it by their obsession with their sin.

When the gospel takes hold of a church both at the level of doctrine and at the level of the culture, that church starts to radiate with glory from above.

Investments in the kingdom of Heaven are foolproof and resistant to earthly forces. They’re guaranteed for eternity. Store your treasure there.

We can radically accept our reality, grieve what it is without making it more than it is, and comfort ourselves with the story of Scripture rather than solely our own.