Discipleship
Giving the Absolute Minimum
Love God. Love your neighbor. That’s it. The absolute minimum for faith in action.
Navigating the Election With Voting With Responsibility and Peace
When we vote with responsibility, 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 Uses Ordinary People
Have you ever looked at a young person with extraordinary talents and gifts–looks, presence, brains, personality, and eloquence–and thought, “God uses ordinary people”?
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.
Guarding Your Heart and Mind Against Anxiety
The truth is God isn’t surprised by anything that happens to us in this world. When we feel anxious or worried, it can be helpful to remember that God is not surprised by our circumstances.
Why the Next Generation Needs the Book of Ecclesiastes
This is the generation that has been born with the internet, with no cords, with constant access to any and everything. And yet less and less wonder, and more and more cynicism.
What Wisdom from Proverbs Tells Us About Wisdom
Wisdom is about reality. Wisdom from Proverbs is about real-life decision-making in real-life situations. And that is, indeed, a powerful thing.
What Do Secular Studies on Happiness Have in Common with the Bible?
A naturalistic worldview that embraces randomness, ultimate meaninglessness, and survival of the fittest doesn’t lend itself to secular studies on happiness, but Scripture offers a different path.
