Love Is Not a Mirror
How can we know what Love Is Not a Mirror means in our lives when we’re acting like we know ourselves? But if we don’t know ourselves, where would we begin?
Christian Living
The Healing Power of Forgiveness in Everyday Life
When we choose to forgive, we let go of our right to get even and we allow God to take over. We let go of our bitterness. We let go of our resentment. The healing power of forgiveness opens the path to peace
What Is Gratitude, Really?
What Is Gratitude? Gratitude is not just a periodic sense of being blessed and indebted. Grateful people are inclined to feel gratitude most of the time.
Anxiety Isn’t for the Birds
The care of God for his creation, such as the birds, is an expression of pure grace. Anxiety Isn't for the Birds: God’s provision is more like a gift than a paycheck.
What the Lord’s Supper and your body Teaches You
The Lord's Supper and your body teaches us that we cannot “use” our bodies however we want. Our bodies belong to the Lord, and they are meant for his service.
Power Prayers
Power Prayers offer a prayer of connection that places us in a cooperative friendship with God, working with him to bring good into this world—even into our own souls.
Living the Good Life
Jesus doesn’t mince words as he changes the conversation from living the good life according to moral laws and beliefs to doing everything from the context of God’s love—from a place of deep relationship with him.
Brokenness Is Not Weakness
It is hard to be overwhelmed by grace, realizing brokenness is not weakness and you’ve convinced yourself you don’t need it.
Brutiful Repentance: A Personal Journey
The courage required to make a you-turn, to truly repent, may be why so few pastors speak on it and why so few books are written on Brutiful repentance.
Discover Your Identity in the Gospel
Although our physical and psycho- logical brokenness are readily acknowledged in counseling practice today, our identity in the gospel is often overlooked, or at least is not taken seriously enough.
