Discipleship

4 Reminders for Discouraged Parents

Parenting can be hard, so let these truths encourage you.

Like Peter, You Can Get Back Up

The Bible tells of Simon Peter, a full-fledged apostle, who did fall but was ultimately restored. Let’s see what we can learn.

Discipline: Reinforcing Your Love for Your Child

There is great value then in discipline. Just as you have to discipline yourself to do anything of value – or just as they have to be disciplined to master an activity in which they are involved – your parenting needs to include healthy discipline.

Listen Closely When You Get Mad

If we find ourselves getting angry, chances are the anger was already in our hearts. The circumstance was just the thing that got us going.

Spiritual Backstories

Churches can be places where followers of Christ carefully listen to and pray through people’s life stories with empathy, extending the kind of care and grace that Jesus showed everyone, regardless of their backstory.

A Legacy of People-Building

A life spent helping people is a beautiful life

Giving the Absolute Minimum

Love God. Love your neighbor. That’s it.

Navigating the Election With Responsibility and Peace

When we vote, we’re not binding our consciences to a particular candidate. We are simply trying to better our country as best we can. Part of “loving your neighbors” is caring about issues affecting them (not just issues affecting you).

When God Calls Ordinary People

Have you ever looked at a young person with extraordinary talents and gifts–looks, presence, brains, personality, and eloquence–and thought, “God is going to do great things with them?”

God’s Goodness in Our Struggles

Our lives are filled with tragedy until we see our pain through the lens of God's goodness.

5 Ways to Think Higher and Live Bigger

Keep pursuing Jesus, thinking of his endurance against hostility, to avoid weariness and despair.