ARTICLES

How to Nurture Real Friendships That Grow and Thrive

By Christina Fox | June 27, 2018

We all long for close friendships with others. We desire to have people we can count on, people who know and understand us, and people who will stick by us. Yet, such friendships don’t happen overnight. Here is some practical advice for nurturing thriving and lasting friendships.

How to Give and Receive Commendation with the Utmost Care

By Nick Batzig | June 18, 2018

By nature, we love receiving praise from people because it feeds our pride. Here are four things Scripture teaches us about how to give and receive commendation.

Hollywood and Christianity

By J. V. Fesko | June 6, 2018

Movie companies and studios go to great lengths to get details right about so many things—they do research and actors will shadow the real-life people they portray. So why does Hollywood struggle so much to get Christianity right?

Learning to Respect Your Enemies—the Western “Hostiles”

By Joseph W. Smith III | May 23, 2018

Despite its aggressive title, the Western “Hostiles” is really about forgiveness, reconciliation, and learning to respect others—even those you might regard as enemies. Writer-director Scott Cooper manages to craft beauty out of horror; friendship out of hate; faith out of doubt; and strength out of weakness.

A Message to Millennials about Work

By R. Scott Clark | May 14, 2018

Many Millennials are increasingly questioning whether work is inherently good and valuable. Is labor a blessing or a curse?

Finding Hope After Miscarriage

By Rachel Crum | May 12, 2018

I was twenty-two years old the first time my husband and I lost a baby. All the hope I had in a God who loved me—who fought for my best—was gone as well, replaced by numbing grief and disbelief that God still loved me after he had let that happen. Yet, even in the horrible pain and loss of miscarriage, God had not abandoned my husband and me.