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.

How to Know When Political Views Have Become an Idol

Are your political views and convictions growing in intensity? Are you finding yourself feeling angrier than you used to be about a variety of...

Turning the World Upside Down

The 18th-century preacher John Wesley once wrote to a fellow believer: “Give me 100 who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and...

How to Address the Chronic Anxiety Surrounding the Pandemic

This article originally appeared on MissioAlliance.org and is reposted here by permission. If there were ever a time in recent history in which anxiety seems likely to...

How to Love Other Christians When We Don’t Agree

As a second generation Filipino-American I am very aware of my “otherness”—whether it’s at church on Sunday which includes a 30-minute worship set with...

Why I Stopped Worrying About Losing My Salvation

The question “Can I lose my salvation?” is one of the biggest questions I wrestled with when I first became a Christian. I loved...

How Do You Fight Your Battles?

Insights from the life of David.

A Makeover for Your Mind

Parents know that if they want to get a child to drop something, they need to offer something better in its place. We can apply...

How to Know if You’ve Been Seeking Your Own Glory

“Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.” —Matthew 23:12 Our college ministry staff has been reading the classic Campus...