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How to Find Real Joy
When our vision of the good life is tainted by our own clouded ideals and fallenness, we seek those same fallen ideals we imagine, what appears good to the eye. So, how do we find real joy?
Want Abundant Life? It Only Grows on the Solid Rock—the Third Day of Creation
So many of us are unhappy because we don’t know why we exist. God pours out love-gifts of sun and breath, food and family, and we don’t see him. We are dying, and we don’t want our lives to end. We don’t know where we are going, nor how to get there. Yet, even in the most vicious trials of this life, we can find joy.
The Christian’s Dual Citizenship: When the Ethics of Heaven and Earth Collide
In the first century Christians were not treated as well as Roman citizens. Where Rome demanded allegiance through aggression and superiority, followers of Jesus both then and today depend on a power that comes from the Sovereign King himself.
Home: Our Destination
For many home is an enduring and peaceful place of refuge and rest. Home can also be filled with frustrations and tears. Why is home ultimately our destination?
Stewarding Our Feelings to the Glory of God
Our feelings can distort the truth, leading us to believe what is false about our circumstances or the people around us. How can we steward our feelings well to God’s glory?
7 Attributes of the Considerate Christian
Christians should be known for being especially gracious, loving, and kind. Here are seven attributes of the considerate Christian.
Church Membership — Like a Marriage
Christians can start looking for the door with a consumer’s mentality when a local church doesn’t meet their expectations. Their membership is all about receiving benefits and service. Here’s why our attitude towards church membership should be closer to what we find in a marriage relationship.
The Perfect Outcry in a Broken and Anguished World — Psalm 130
We live in a broken world. The locus of humanity’s ills is the pollution and power of sin within the heart and soul of every human being. In Psalm 130 we hear the perfect outcry that can, and must, arise from every heart.
Where Spiritual Formation Goes Wrong: Laying Burdens Where God Declares Freedom
Spiritual formation is trending in churches. We’re exhorted to seek solitude, journal towards holiness, go on nature walks to connect with God, and take extended periods of silence to grow closer to God and be holy. Does the Bible tell us to do these things?
EDITOR'S PICKS
When God Doesn’t Tell Us Why
Why does God sometimes allow suffering that seems to have no explanation? The stories of Job and the man born blind help us find confidence in God when the answers don’t come.
Does Satan Know Our Thoughts?
When temptations confront us in moments of weakness, it can feel as though Satan knows our thoughts. Is this true?
How Do We Cast Our Burdens on Jesus?
The Bible urges us to take our burdens and to put them into Jesus’ hands. How exactly do we cast our cares upon Jesus?
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