Discipleship

How Can We Avoid ‘Believing’ the Bible While Denying What It Actually Says?

We need to learn, and teach other people, not just to read the Bible but also how to interpret it, so they don’t end up being Bible-believing heretics or Jesus-followers who follow a Jesus different than the real Jesus of the Bible and history.

The Narrow Path for the Long Haul

The benefits of having faith stretch far beyond a spiritual checkbox. They seep into how I handle stress, find hope, and relate to others.

Suffering From Spiritual Anemia

We need not starve our souls or allow our relationship with God through Christ to fade like the dying embers of an untended fire. We can seek the face of God.

The Myth of the ‘Undeserving’ Poor

Why asking if people in need are ‘deserving’ or ‘undeserving’ is the wrong question

The Self-Deception of Self-Improvement

Why the promise of self-improvement is false.

Will This Season Be a Moment or a Movement for Justice?

"Our hope, then, must be marked by a courage which compels us to stand up amid apathy and violence and be counted among the disturbers of a false peace."

Where Are You Finding Your Identity?

Finding our identity when the places we would go to give us a sense of who we are are taken from us

When No Is the Answer to Your Prayers

10 things to do when it feels like God is saying no

How Can I Serve Christ When I Feel So Unworthy?

How God uses imperfect people to accomplish his will

Is It Safe to Follow God?

"We see wonderful things happen as we follow Jesus, but it’s not the safest thing to do."

Why We Must Keep Returning to the Bible

Engaging with God's living and active Word