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.

Searching for True Happiness

Our deep ache for the beyond-happy life

Love When It’s Hard to Love

Where the strength comes from to love when we are wronged

Becoming an Encourager for Others

It is easy to lose hope. It is easy to give up. It is easy to see what isn’t. It takes courage to see what it is and can be.

Lent and 40 Days in the Bible

The significance of the 40 days leading up to Easter

The Blessed Life Brings Beauty and Happiness

Humility frees us to walk in the crazy happy way of love.

How We Need to SHIFT Our Discipleship

Refocusing on true discipleship

What Stories of Depression Can Teach Us

God faithfully works in the midst of weakness.

The Mountaintops Are Meant to Prepare Us for the Valleys

Jesus gave the disciples a glimpse of his glory to fortify them for the valleys to come.