What Lessons Can We Learn From Lent?
We’re a distracted, frenetic culture. We’re busy and unfocused. But Lent can be a season of refreshing and refocusing. I want to give you permission to pause.
How Often Should I Read My Bible?
Is it true that we have to read our Bible every single day? What are some healthy expectations when it comes to Bible disciplines?
Life advice from 2nd corinthians 13
We live in a divided culture. Everyone has differing opinions about nearly everything, and any one of them can be a sensitive, personal issue. How can we, as Christians, model love for one another in this charged climate? Stefan Johnsson has a great verse for that today.
The One Where We Talk About Masks
Sometimes opinions are a good thing. But we’re pretty good at taking them too far. Do you have an opinion about masks? There’s a good chance you’ve taken it too far.
Where Is Your First Love?
When Jesus is the center of our hope, the truth of the gospel penetrates everything that we do. If we want to see the Kingdom of God magnified, we need to remember our first love—the hope of the gospel—and pass our faith on through the generations.
What is Your Banner?
Our identity is an important thing. It’s the banner we waive as we walk through our lives, showing others what we believe, and often, why we believe it. But the banners that waive in this life will often let us down. We must seek the only banner who will never fail us.
Does Christianity Come With Benefits?
Should we expect any special treatment for being Christians? Will God bless believers any more or less than non-Christians this side of heaven?
What Is Holiness? Let's Demystify It
Holiness is complicated. There’s no shortage of competing thoughts, opinions, and questions about what it means for us. So let’s demystify it a little bit.
Busy for the Sake of Busy; or, Moving Rocks
The word “busy” has become a huge part of our every day vernacular. We race and race and go and go and everything seems like it’s the most important thing at that moment. But how do we know what’s really valuable?
The Myth of Compatibility
In a world where relationship experts are ubiquitous and personality tests about to tell you who a compatible partner is, I’m here to tell you one very encouraging thing: compatibility isn’t why your relationships fail. You are.
A Year for Growth
Where do I want to go in 2021? No idea! But here’s what I do know: I want to focus on growth.
