Resisting the Desire to Simply Follow the Rules

It’s not enough for trainees to understand the tactical and procedural “rules” of their job, they also need to understand the underlying concepts that drive them.

The Dragon Hiding in Your Desires: Why Temptation Feels So Harmless

Over and over, God comes alongside us in moments of temptation and invites us to imagine what we are really facing. What is really happening when you walk past a woman and are tempted to look back? Or when you stand in front of a mirror and feel insecurity rising? Or when fantasies of a better life begin to fill your mind?

Learn How to Disagree Agreeably

It’s humbling to acknowledge that the unseemly disagreements that are standard fare on cable-news networks are also common in the church. Many Christians tell me they can’t talk about political differences with their best friends. What hope then is there to engage a new acquaintance on a substantial issue of disagreement?

6 Ways Not To Read The Bible

Because of Jesus, We Will See God…and Live

The glimpses of God we see in the world are just a preview of when we get to see him face to face.

Momma, Jesus Gives What You Do Not Have

Once again, sound familiar? What you desperately need is solitude, rest, and even a bit of nourishment, but instead you’re given a knock, knock on the bathroom door, a stolen Sabbath as your spouse ends up working, and a virus—another virus—when health and energy would make you parent better. Mind, soul, and body, you simply don’t have what you need. 

Or what you think you need.