How Families Serve
It’s a great paradox—the way up is down. True greatness is expressed in serving, not in dominating.
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How to Develop Fervency and Compassion in Your Prayer Life
I needed divine help to motivate my prayer life. I discovered that we must first confess the following truth, as unflattering as it is: Lord, I confess that in and of myself, I do not really care about anybody but myself. Developing fervency and compassion in prayer requires acknowledging this self-centeredness.
Raising Children in Wisdom
If we agree that we want our children to accomplish their purposes and enjoy this full, abundant life, then the path of wisdom is the way. But what do I mean by wisdom in raising children in wisdom?
How and When to Memorize Scripture
No matter what method you use for memorizationnotecards, apps, the first letter method, writing or listening to the Word, or reciting it in the showerrepetition will be a necessary ingredient for how to memorize scripture.
Who’s Following You? Howard Hendricks Discipleship
Howard Hendricks was good at emphasizing the simplicity of the message he wanted to express. Jeanne, his wife, relates that he said all he wanted to do was teach the Bible to men who lacked understanding. This essence of Howard Hendricks discipleship is key to understanding his approach.
Begin With What You’ve Been Given: Growing in Faithfulness
We all like the idea of a stronger, slimmer body, or becoming proficient in a skill, or building more effective habits for more sustained productivity. But no transformation happens without starting the painful work of exercising whats weak and staying with it until it grows stronger, like growing in faithfulness.
Radical Theology
I have seen and heard firsthand that thousands have trouble seeing God as a loving Father because of deep wounds from their earthly father. Maybe that’s true for you as well.
The Reading the Labels Technique
The Reading the Labels Technique is an easy way to freshen up our Bible reading. While reading, identify and track the labels that an author uses for characters in the story. Once a character is introduced, many Bible readers create a picture in their mind of who that character is and default to that initial picture without looking at the nuanced ways that the author is presenting that character.
Jesus’ Unconditional Love for Deniers
Beloved, the level of your devotion isnt what makes God faithful to you or makes Him keep loving you. He is and always will be a faithful God to His people. This issue is never first our love for Christ, but rather His unconditional love for us. His love causes love.
Unbound by Time: God’s Eternity Attribute
As time-bound creatures, we struggle all the more with the notion of God's eternity attribute. We cannot imagine any kind of experience or reality that is not defined by time. The very concept almost overwhelms our rational capacity.
