15 Crazy Things that Happened at Weddings

15 Crazy Things that Happened at Weddings – This is just for fun.

Make It Easy For Your Kids To Love God

Make It Easy For Your Kids To Love God – Ray Ortlund encourages parents to show children the glories of God, not just the things they should not do.

How to Pray in the Holy Spirit

How to Pray in the Holy Spirit – (1) what it is not, (2) what it is, and (3) how it is done.

Four Pieces of Advice for Graduates

Four Pieces of Advice for Graduates – “With graduation season almost upon us, here are four pieces of advice for both high school and college graduates (and reminders for all of us, in any stage of life).”

Why Do We See So Few Miracles Today?

Why Do We See So Few Miracles Today? – “There were fewer miracles in the Bible than you probably think, and there are more miracles today than you probably know, and there is a good biblical reason for why there would be a certain kind of prevalence of miracles in the Bible that is different from today.”

Trust God With The Spiritual Gifts He Gives

Trust God With The Spiritual Gifts He Gives – Sometimes we are not content with the gifts that God gives us. To combat this, Kristen Wetherell shares 5 truths from scripture about our spiritual gifts. 

9 Things You Should Know About Christianity in Korea

9 Things You Should Know About Christianity in Korea – Also, make prayer for the Korean peninsula a regular part of your praying for the world.

The Significance of the Korean Peace Summit: An American Civil War Analogy

The Significance of the Korean Peace Summit: An American Civil War Analogy – Here are suggestions for praying as the process moves forward.

Five Extraordinary Benefits of Pentecost

Five Extraordinary Benefits of Pentecost – Here are just some of the benefits that are ours through the Holy Spirit.

We Must Keep the Work of Evangelism Central

We Must Keep the Work of Evangelism Central – Conrad Mbewe: “It is a sobering fact that every generation must be re-evangelised. We should never take today’s statistics in Africa or anywhere in the world for granted. If we do not maintain and build upon the evangelism of the previous generation we will lose ground and Christianity will dwindle.”

The Consequences of Gendercide in China and India

The Consequences of Gendercide in China and India – “China and India have been practicing gendercide–that is, the systematic abortion of female babies–for decades.  Now those countries are paying the price.  Men in those countries, the most populous nations on earth, outnumber women by 70 million.  That means 70 million men have no prospects for marriage, which is causing unforeseen social, psychological, and cultural problems.”

He Hears Our Every Whisper

He Hears Our Every Whisper – “Prayer is a lot like the whispers of children.”

Death is a Vapor

Death is a Vapor – “Nearly 60,000,000 people die every year on planet Earth. This is one of the things that makes human beings so bewildering. I'm not talking about the fact that people die, but the fact that they take so little time to consider death.”

Love Disturbs the Peace: Why Christians Must Be Contentious

Love Disturbs the Peace: Why Christians Must Be Contentious – “Christians are, in many respects, both-and people. We live much of life in this age in a God-designed tension.”

Where the Gospel of Roman Catholicism Fails

Where the Gospel of Roman Catholicism Fails – “The work of Christ is the foundation for our acceptance, our forgiveness, our justification before God.”

Seven Ways To Pray for Your Prayer Life

Seven Ways To Pray for Your Prayer Life – “These are seven items you can add to your prayer list as you consider your own prayer life or another person’s.”

80% of Americans Believe in God. Pew Found Out What They Mean

80% of Americans Believe in God. Pew Found Out What They Mean – “Pastors and theologians often warn Christians against ascribing to a ‘God of their own making,’ knowing that not all who say they believe understand God as described in Scripture or in the traditional creeds of the church. In the shifting spiritual landscape of the United States, Christians too can no longer assume that their friends and neighbors believe in the God of the Bible, if they believe in God at all.”

There Is No Future in Frustration: Learning to Rejoice in Our Sufferings

There Is No Future in Frustration: Learning to Rejoice in Our Sufferings – “How we handle the suffering of testing and discipline, therefore, depends not a little on what we focus on.”

6 De-churching Trends

6 De-churching Trends – “One of the least obvious—and yet most tragic—changes Christianity has experienced in the past fifty years is the diminishing of the centrality of the local church in the life of many Christians.”

How Not to Succeed in the Wrong Things in Missions

How Not to Succeed in the Wrong Things in Missions – “Here are a few thoughts that play a role in how we seek to obey the Great Commission.”

The Gaping Hole in ‘This Is Us’

The Gaping Hole in ‘This Is Us’ – I love the show but it does reveal how life goes when a relationship with Christ is not a part of life. Here are some interesting applications.

Heaven Would Be Hell Without God

Heaven Would Be Hell Without God – “Numerous people claim to have gone to heaven and seen loved ones and even Jesus, yet almost never do they react as the beloved disciple, the apostle John, did: ‘When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead’ (Revelation 1:17). Surely no one who had actually been in heaven would neglect to mention what Scripture shows is its main focus. If you had spent an evening dining with a king, you wouldn’t just talk about the place settings.”

Five Helpful Responses to Teen Anxiety and Depression

Five Helpful Responses to Teen Anxiety and Depression – “When I stop and reflect, it is clear that an overriding melancholic emotion would prevail if I grew up feeling like success was out of my control.”

Why Deprived Communities Need More Than a Social Gospel

Why Deprived Communities Need More Than a Social Gospel – “The main issue with the social gospel is that it doesn’t save anybody. Nobody is ushered into the kingdom because we put on some nice social services for them. Nobody came to Christ because we were really nice to them without bothering to share the gospel with them. 

8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look At Porn

 8 Sins You Commit Whenever You Look At Porn – “It is sinful to lust after another person and to enable this lust through pornography. Yet the sin bound up in pornography goes far deeper than mere lust. It extends to idolatry, adultery, deceit, theft, greed, sloth, sexual violence, and ignoring the Holy Spirit.”

3 Takeaways from New Research on Americans and the Bible

3 Takeaways from New Research on Americans and the Bible – “Every year, Barna and the American Bible Society release new research on behaviors and beliefs about the Bible among U.S. adults. Click here for a summary of the surveys with charts and graphs to help you visualize the research.”

The Empty Pursuit of Forgiving Yourself

The Empty Pursuit of Forgiving Yourself – “If you can free yourself from guilt by forgiving yourself, then you are doing a work you were not called to do. Jesus says that no work is sufficient to take away your guilt, only His perfect sacrifice.”

Can You Explain the Gospel in Three Words?

Can You Explain the Gospel in Three Words? – Russell Moore writes: I could explain the gospel in three words, so long as I would then have follow-up time to explain all three words. And those words would be “Lord Jesus Christ.”

Seven Dangers Facing Your Church

Seven Dangers Facing Your Church – “As you read through these seven dangers that could be facing your church, don’t forget that God is with us, God is for us, and God guides us through his Word.”

Will the World End Today? How Satan Uses End-times Speculation

Will the World End Today? How Satan Uses End-times Speculation – Jim Denison writes, “My interest today is not in discussing such speculative theories, but in considering their effect on our culture—and our souls.”

The Disciple-Making Shift

The Disciple-Making Shift – “For too many, the situation believers find themselves in is a Christianity focused on pleasing ourselves, not rocking the boat, and giving more attention to moralistic behavior change or simple felt-needs advice on making it in the world rather than living out the mission of God daily in the culture.”

Allure of Sin

Allure of Sin – “Sin looks desirable. So how do we avoid it? Trillia Newbell writes about how the gospel diminishes the allure.”

Hope for the Person Contemplating Suicide

Hope for the Person Contemplating Suicide – “Hope, true hope, biblical hope, hope that grows out of that which is eternal—not temporal—is the remedy for the suicidal mind. Hope delivers from death (Ps 33:19).”

If We’re More Connected Than Ever, Why Are We So Lonely?

If We’re More Connected Than Ever, Why Are We So Lonely? – “We’ve never experienced this level of connectivity in human history, and yet we are increasingly lonely.”

The Ugly Coded Critique of Chick-Fil-A’s Christianity

The Ugly Coded Critique of Chick-Fil-A’s Christianity – “The fast-food chain’s ‘infiltration’ of New York City ignores the truth about religion in America. It also reveals an ugly narrow-mindedness.”

Why Will Some of Us Get Fewer Rewards in Heaven?

Why Will Some of Us Get Fewer Rewards in Heaven? – “Those who are not so high in glory as others, will not envy those that are higher, but they will have so great, and strong, and pure love to them that they will rejoice in their superior happiness.”

More than Many Sparrows

More than Many Sparrows – “The question of His sufficiency forces us to pin down what we treasure the most: the answer to our prayers or the One to whom we pray.”

Paul Young’s “Lies We Believe About God” Dismantles Precious Truths from Scripture

Paul Young’s “Lies We Believe About God” Dismantles Precious Truths from Scripture – Randy Alcorn reviewS Paul Young’s book Lies We Believe About God. Young is also the author of The Shack. “Given the book’s popularity, and the subsequent release of the movie by the same title, I’m disappointed and concerned that the countless people influenced by The Shack and many of its more implicit errors will be led into increasingly significant explicit errors by reading Lies We Believe About God.”

Have You Buried Your Gifts?

Have You Buried Your Gifts? – “You have been given talents. Do you know what they are? Do you know how valuable they are? God has given them to you to invest. And someday he will hold you accountable for how you stewarded them.”

How to Parent Fearful Kids

How to Parent Fearful Kids – “Fear comes in so many shapes and sizes, but there is a common underlying theme. In each instance, fearful kids perceive a threat to something that’s important to them—fitting in, being accepted, looking competent, feeling their world is predictable, staying unharmed, having pleasant experiences. So to safeguard what they want, they shrink back from life rather than embrace something new or untried.”

What is the biggest problem facing Evangelicalism?

What is the biggest problem facing Evangelicalism? – This describes it well for the USA too. “The biggest problem facing the British Evangelical church today is, without doubt, our own personal comfort. Far too many of us are happy in our middle-class Christian enclaves, in comfortable areas of the country, going to churches full of people exactly like them.”

9 Things You Should Know About the Creation of Modern Israel

9 Things You Should Know About the Creation of Modern Israel – “On Wednesday and Thursday, the modern state of Israeli celebrated the 70th anniversary of its Declaration of Independence. Here are nine things you should know about the creation of the modern Israeli state.”

6 Relevant Things That Saint Paul Never Said

6 Relevant Things That Saint Paul Never Said – These are good examples of what people think compared to what God’s word says.

What Scale Will God use on Judgment Day?

What Scale Will God use on Judgment Day? – “This scale is not unique to Islam, though. It is the default position of every human being from birth. We all believe that we are inherently good, and that one day God will let us into Heaven based on our goodness. There is a simple way to expose this when sharing the Gospel.”

Give Your Anxious Mind a Rest: Letter to My 30-Year-Old Self

Give Your Anxious Mind a Rest: Letter to My 30-Year-Old Self – “God has plans, and he accomplishes them. We have a part to play — working hard and well, but mostly in seeking him with our whole heart — but we must never forget that the result is always his.”

Practical Advice for Family Devotions

Practical Advice for Family Devotions – And it is.

What We Miss When We Skip the Prophets

What We Miss When We Skip the Prophets – “Aside from missing out on a fifth of God’s word, here are five specific treasures we miss when we consistently neglect the reading and study of the prophets.

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands—Including Your Kids

He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands—Including Your Kids – “A stewardship vision of parenting—one that says my kids belong to God—is scary, since God doesn’t always meet our expectations. He doesn’t see as we see, nor should he. His vision for our lives is better. Embracing this truth is ultimately freeing, and it will lead us to gratitude.”

If You Love God, Listen to Him: Five Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day

If You Love God, Listen to Him: Five Reasons to Read the Bible Every Day – Christians must be Bible people. 

10 Things Teachers DID NOT Have to Deal With 10 Years Ago

10 Things Teachers DID NOT Have to Deal With 10 Years Ago – “Something is wrong—very, very wrong. Teachers across the country at all grade levels, in all subjects, teaching a wide variety of student populations, can sense it. There is a pulse of dysfunction, a steady palpitation of doom that the path we are on is not properly oriented.”

Keeping the Evangel in Evangelism: Why Evangelicalism Can’t Abandon the Old, Old Story

Keeping the Evangel in Evangelism: Why Evangelicalism Can’t Abandon the Old, Old Story – “The Great Commission stands at the center of Christianity as the command of the risen Lord Jesus Christ for his church to proclaim the name of God in the world for the sake of all nations and God’s glory among them.”

God’s Metrics

God’s Metrics – “God’s metrics are not our metrics. The way in which we seek to measure fruitfulness and faithfulness is often quite skewed. No one understood the issue of faithfulness and fruitfulness so well as the great Apostle Paul.”

10 Great Resources for New Moms

10 Great Resources for New Moms – “Here are 10 suggestions to both nourish your soul and equip you as you get acquainted with your newborn.”

Can We Skip the Parts of the New Testament Not in the Original Manuscripts?

Can We Skip the Parts of the New Testament Not in the Original Manuscripts? – John Piper writes, “Let me give three reasons, or clusters of reasons maybe, why we can be confident that the text of our New Testament corresponds to what the original authors wrote and has not been distorted in transmission.”

16 Issues Parents Must Balance to Lead Kids Well

16 Issues Parents Must Balance to Lead Kids Well – “What is too much and what is too little? What’s the balance in almost every category that, when we strike it, produces secure, well-adjusted kids who are ready to graduate and become leaders in society?”

Make It Easy for Your Kids to Love God: Proverbs for a Happy Home

Make It Easy for Your Kids to Love God: Proverbs for a Happy Home – “One of our primary tasks as parents is to impart to our children this shining awareness and positive expectancy (of home), as we walk together through this good world of God’s making.”

Be Heavenly Minded So That You’re of Earthly Good

Be Heavenly Minded So That You’re of Earthly Good – “While Christians aren’t immune to feelings of despair and hopelessness, faith in Jesus Christ lessens the pain of pessimism and despair. Faith in the resurrected Son of God gives us confidence to trust that this life is but the prelude to something more wonderful.”

Racial Reconciliation: What We (Mostly, Almost) All Agree On, and What We (Likely) Still Don’t Agree On

Racial Reconciliation: What We (Mostly, Almost) All Agree On, and What We (Likely) Still Don’t Agree On – Kevin DeYoung (with appropriate disclaimers) points out key issues that are the ongoing discussions in racial reconciliation.

God’s Shepherding Ability

God’s Shepherding Ability – “Have more confidence in God’s shepherding ability than in your decision-making ability.”

10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity

10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity – Here is the first of these 10 commandments of progressive Christianity. “Jesus is a model for living more than an object of worship.”

A “Ten Commandments” Prayer

A “Ten Commandments” Prayer – “Lord, please counsel us by revealing the subtle deceptions of the human heart.” 

Render Much?

Render Much? – “Your responsibility is to obey God, to cheerfully part with what is required by law (though not a penny more, as a good tax consultant will tell you), and to trust your Provider who can and will cover your needs (Matt 6:33). Of course, it helps to define your needs the way God does (1 Tim 6:8).

Spring Sports and Sunday Church: Five Suggestions for Parents

Spring Sports and Sunday Church: Five Suggestions for Parents – “In this conversation, there’s no doubt that amateur athletics have claimed a central place in the pantheon of our culture’s false gods, and youth athletics is a further subset of the idolization of children. A Sunday morning drive past any youth sports fields will show just how far-reaching these idols have become in our culture.”

Practical Tips to Prepare for the End of Life

Practical Tips to Prepare for the End of Life – “As we’re coming to the end of life, it’s very important to have a time where we say, “Okay, I am dying. How should I best do that?”

Is God Mad at Me?

Is God Mad at Me? – “Do your kids think that God is only pleased with them if they obey? Do your kids think that the gospel means that they must be good so God will love them? Do your kids think that they must be good for you to like them, for you to love and delight in them?”

On Getting Churches Totally Wrong

On Getting Churches Totally Wrong – Hollywood still loves to present Christianity and churches as evil villains in story lines. Is reality even a concern?

Worry: A Barometer of Our Faith

Worry: A Barometer of Our Faith  - Worry shows us what we believe about God and who we are. Michael Kelley writes this helpful post on how to understand worry rightly. 

What Happens When Christianity Doesn't Work

What Happens When Christianity Doesn't Work  - “We are not called here this afternoon to judge God. God didn't promise any of us health, wealth, and happiness. In fact, he tells us that we who expect to share in Christ's glory will also participate in his suffering.” 

Chick-fil-A’s Creepy Infiltration of New York City

Chick-fil-A’s Creepy Infiltration of New York City – This article from The New Yorker has gotten a lot of press. Al Mohler gets it about right when he said, “If you ever wonder how the condescending elitist secular journalistic left gets the reputation of being openly hostile to Christianity, see [this] rancid article.”

How to Turn Weeping into Witnessing

How to Turn Weeping into Witnessing – The stages of grief, as seen in Psalm 130.

Bring Her Out and Let Her Be Burned

Bring Her Out and Let Her Be Burned – Here are some great applications on one of the most difficult stories in Bible to process.

The Seed of Divorce

The Seed of Divorce – “The world, the flesh, and the devil are all committed to the destruction of marriage, and each of those enemies brings its own evil seeds. The question is not whether those seeds will be present in a marriage, but what we will do with them.”

Seven Marks of a Workaholic

Seven Marks of a Workaholic – “Rothbard provides seven statements and says we should be worried if we often or always do at least four of them.”

6 Misconceptions About the New Testament

6 Misconceptions About the New Testament – These misconceptions are repeated so often people begin to believe them, even though the evidence says otherwise.

Christ Is No Tribal Deity

Christ Is No Tribal Deity – “Christ is not a tribal deity. He is the Creator of the universe.”

Is There Anything Good About Pain?

Is There Anything Good About Pain? – “Pain protects us from bigger problems—not just outside but inside. The pain of an inflamed appendix, for instance, often drives us to seek medical care before the appendix ruptures. As a medical doctor and a Christian, I’ve seen innumerable cases where such pain has helped people in this sin-cursed world.”

6 Habits of Highly Destructive False Teachers

6 Habits of Highly Destructive False Teachers – Nathan Creitz analyzes the many ways that false teachers propagate their message so that we can be aware and discern them.

10 Prayers to Pray Before Church

10 Prayers to Pray Before Church – “Going to church is not like a trip to the grocery store, visiting a friend, or a Christian task to complete. It is a declaration that worshiping the risen Christ is more important to you than sleeping in, eating brunch, playing sports, or working around the house. It is celebrating the uniting of our broken world under the headship of Christ (Ephesians 1:10) and a proclamation to the spiritual realm of God’s manifold wisdom (3:10). As such, we should not enter church like any other place, but should prepare our hearts in prayer.”

How Social Media Is Designed Around Sin

How Social Media Is Designed Around Sin – “This does not mean that the use of social media is sinful, as such.  It’s just that it was designed to be in accord with human nature, which, being fallen, will entail a fixation on the self, the stimulation of its desires, the aggrandizement of its pride, and the cultivation of self-righteousness.”

Who Were the Pharisees?

Who Were the Pharisees? – Ever wonder who the Pharisees were? This article thoroughly answers that question. Then this article, Who were the Sadducees? answers the inevitable next question.

Tyndale Sued by Boy Who Didn’t Come Back from Heaven

Tyndale Sued by Boy Who Didn’t Come Back from Heaven – Subject of retracted afterlife account demands damages for using his name.

It's Time to End the Stupid about the End Times: Debunking Christian Numerology

It's Time to End the Stupid about the End Times: Debunking Christian Numerology – Self-proclaimed Christian numerologist David Meade is at it again.

Why You Have That Thorn

Why You Have That Thorn – The those of us who carry a “thorn in the flesh” here is a good word on God’s purpose in it.

Have I Really Forgiven Someone If I Keep Remembering Their Wrong?

Have I Really Forgiven Someone If I Keep Remembering Their Wrong? – “The real sign of forgiveness is that you don’t seek to punish the other — you seek the good of the other.”

Nine Traits of Church Bullies

Nine Traits of Church Bullies – “Church bullying is epidemic in many of our congregations. They must be stopped.”

The Beatitudes for Today

The Beatitudes for Today – “We often look at the Beatitudes as a kind of comfort to us, when we just so happen to be staring down the barrel of one of those conditions.”

The Heartbeat of My Social Media Addiction

The Heartbeat of My Social Media Addiction – “I sat down for my morning devotions with the Lord, opened my Bible, and immediately heard a ding on my phone alerting me that I had received an email. My mind began the well-rehearsed inner dialogue that goes on whenever my prayers or Bible reading is interrupted by social media.”

How to Almost Follow Jesus

How to Almost Follow Jesus – “The more following Jesus falls out of fashion in America, the more we’ll experience what it really means to follow him.”

18 Observations about Nine Plagues

18 Observations about Nine Plagues – These are simple but interesting observations about nine plagues.

The Burden of All These Little Gods

The Burden of All These Little Gods – “I’d shake your hand, but mine is full with all these little gods.”

Why We Need the Song of Songs

 Why We Need the Song of Songs – “Song of Songs, or Song of Solomon if you prefer, must be one of the most controversial books in the whole Bible, and whether it is meant to be literal or allegorical (or both) is one of the great debates of every age. But what we must know and believe is that the book is a good gift of God and relevant for our day and every day.”

Rediscovering the Lost Art of Lament

Rediscovering the Lost Art of Lament – “How does God want us to deal with the great difficulties of life? Does he want us to ignore them, to get over them, to power through them, or to be crushed by them? No. He wants us to lament over them. That is the great lesson of a little-read passage in the Old Testament prophet, Micah.”

The New Unwritten Rule for Parents that Hurts Everyone

The New Unwritten Rule for Parents that Hurts Everyone – “Here is the new report card parents allow themselves to be evaluated by: You must provide your child every advantage possible to get ahead.”

If iPads Were Meant for Kids

If iPads Were Meant for Kids – “I bought my kids their own iPads last fall. I’m nice, and I’m fortunate to be able to afford it. However, I’ve come to realize that despite my attempts to spoil my kids, these iPads (and all iOS devices in general) are not meant for kids.”

3 Disastrous Dating Mistakes: Learning from Samson’s Bad Example

3 Disastrous Dating Mistakes: Learning from Samson’s Bad Example – “In chapters 14–16 of the book of Judges, we find only the don’ts of dating. There are no dos in Samson’s story. He did everything wrongly.”

The Gospel and Your Time

The Gospel and Your Time – “Below are 4 steps you can take each day to keep your mind and heart in the right perspective regarding time.”

The Importance of Being “a Finisher”

The Importance of Being “a Finisher” – “How can we practically grow in our ability to finish what we start? How can we avoid being “90 percenters,” people who are great at starting things but struggle to complete them? Here are three suggestions.”

“The Pleasure of Boredom”

“The Pleasure of Boredom” – “Boredom has been described as one of the major spiritual problems of our time. The hyper-stimulation that comes from our technology and our constant-entertainment mentality actually makes us more bored, since we become jaded and weary of it all, as stimulation eventually fails to stimulate.”

The One Boast that God Approves Of

The One Boast that God Approves Of – “What is it to boast in the cross and why does Paul commend it. He commends boasting in the cross not only because it shrinks his ego, but because it magnifies God in all his glorious attributes.”

The Power of Our Criticism

The Power of Our Criticism – “When we criticize our brothers and sisters in Christ under the guise of insight, we pollute the Church. Consider these four characteristics of criticism…”

When Worry Steals Your Joy

When Worry Steals Your Joy – “I struggle to live right where God has me, in the very moments of today. I often find myself rejecting the gifts and grace God has given for today in favor of worry or excitement over tomorrow.”

Ask God to Forgive You, Not Excuse You: Five Lessons from C.S. Lewis

Ask God to Forgive You, Not Excuse You: Five Lessons from C.S. Lewis – This is simple, strong, and applicable.

Are There Degrees of Sin?

Are There Degrees of Sin? – “The idea of gradation of sin and reward is based upon God’s justice.”

Why Believe in Life After Death

Why Believe in Life After Death – “Existence after death is a fact of life. A majority of people believe it. The only real reason to believe it, however, is given to us in the Christian faith.”

The 10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity

The 10 Commandments of Progressive Christianity – “Liberal Christianity is not Christianity.”

Grocery Store Theology

Grocery Store Theology – “Christians who immerse themselves in the living water of the Scriptures and guard what enters their minds help produce higher quality fruit in their lives.”

40 Questions to Help Discern Factors Contributing to Depression

40 Questions to Help Discern Factors Contributing to Depression – There is a lot to be learned from this list.

You Were Born to Fight

You Were Born to Fight – “It is time to stop being surprised that you and the people you love are inclined to fight.”

Be a Gospel Neighbor

Be a Gospel Neighbor – “Being a good neighbor is a crucial component to being a faithful evangelist. We should all aspire to be gospel neighbors. But first, I want to assess a couple typical ways we measure evangelistic success.”

Every Member Ministry

Every Member Ministry – “One of the unique qualities of a biblical church is the understanding and application of what we may call every member ministry.”

When the Real You Suddenly Shows Up

When the Real You Suddenly Shows Up – Sometimes it does.

12 Ways Evangelism Is Changing

12 Ways Evangelism Is Changing - “You’ve heard it said the twenty-first century is markedly different from the twentieth. It’s not only because we have terrorism scares, self-driving cars, and Facebook. Church attendance is decreasing, religious Nones are increasing, and the way people view and interact with truth has changed.”

10 Things You Should Know about Christian Hospitality

10 Things You Should Know about Christian Hospitality – “Jesus identifies with the stranger, the outsider, the needy. Daily hospitality hones a distinctive Christian culture from within as it embraces evangelistic optimism, knowing that if God wills, strangers will become neighbors and neighbors will become part of the family of God. Who knows? This may happen at your kitchen table tonight.”

Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow: Holding onto God When Life Falls Apart

Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow: Holding onto God When Life Falls Apart – “What hope, what help, what grace does God offer that can hold us together when it feels like life is falling apart?”

Christian Courage before Cultural Strategy

Christian Courage before Cultural Strategy – Matt Chandler writes: “Given our bent toward fear in this cultural moment, I’m convinced that we don’t need another new strategy, necessarily, for engaging culture but, instead, a renewed posture of courage.”

A Long-Term Plan to Know Your Bible

 A Long-Term Plan to Know Your Bible – “Here are some ideas for beginning to build your knowledge of the Bible over the next ten years.”

Slay Sin by Savoring Christ

Slay Sin by Savoring Christ – “Too often professing Christians can be lulled to sleep with a false sense of security. Unwittingly they starve themselves of Christ and make provision for the flesh. This is a spiritual suicide mission!”

How To Control Your Calendar

How To Control Your Calendar – Here are some helpful time management tips that will help you control your calendar.

Unanswered Prayers Are Invitations from God

Unanswered Prayers Are Invitations from God – “This is what we must keep in mind: prayer is a relational interaction, not merely a service transaction. Faith is not divine currency that we pay God in order to receive whatever we ask in prayer. Faith is a relational response of trust in what God promises us.”

How to Avoid Living a Fragmented Life

How to Avoid Living a Fragmented Life – “We are truly whole, individually and corporately, in Christ already. His wholeness has been declared true for us as persons and as a people. So how should we then live?”

Be a Mama Who Prays

Be a Mama Who Prays – “I wonder why we are so slow to come to Him on their behalf?”

Why Does the Truth Matter?

Why Does the Truth Matter? – “In an age of endless Internet gossip, tabloids, false advertising, lying politicians, and “made up reality,” how important is the truth?”

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing – “While many Christians are rightly concerned about the growth of religions such as Islam, the greatest threat to orthodox Christianity is not other religions but false teachers who creep into the church unnoticed.”

The Holy Spirit Is Praying for You

The Holy Spirit Is Praying for You – “We need God’s grace in our times of weakness. But we also need the Spirit to pray for us because our knowledge is not complete—we are ignorant of some things.” 

Bibles Pulled From Online Stores as China Increases Control of Religion

Bibles Pulled From Online Stores as China Increases Control of Religion – The Bible appears to have been removed from online marketplaces in China, as Beijing clamps down on how its citizens practice religion.” 

If They Fell, So Can You

If They Fell, So Can You – “Our sinful weaknesses need not lead us to despair. Instead, they can lead us to hope in the one who is greater than our sin.”

Marriage Is Built to End

Marriage Is Built to End – “Our cultural moment is obsessed with marriage, though in a paradoxical way. On the one hand, the ‘marriage equality’ movement holds out marriage as an ultimate end for this life: happiness, acceptance, and legal benefits.

Pondering the Horrors of Hell

Pondering the Horrors of Hell – Most people today are prone to reject the whole idea of hell or at least try to redefine it. What does the Bible say?

3 Attributes of the Truly Victorious Christian Life

3 Attributes of the Truly Victorious Christian Life – “Victory in Jesus is not equivalent to an exemption from trouble.”

The Divorce & Remarriage of Evangelism and Discipleship

The Divorce & Remarriage of Evangelism and Discipleship – Jesus constantly and seamlessly integrated evangelism and discipleship into his everyday actions and into the way he spiritually formed and shaped the 12 disciples. 

You Are Going to See God

You Are Going to See God – “We will see God. Think about that. We are going to see God—you are going to see God. You, Mr. or Ms. Ordinary, are actually, in reality, going to stand before God and see Him for yourself.”

How Martin Luther King Jr.'s Courage Challenges Us Today

How Martin Luther King Jr.'s Courage Challenges Us Today – “Fifty years ago today, at 6:01 p.m. EST, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was fatally shot. He was pronounced dead at 7:05 p.m.”

He Gave His Life to Change the World: Fifty Years After the Death of MLK

He Gave His Life to Change the World: Fifty Years After the Death of MLK – John Piper writes: “He kindled a kind of fire that no firehoses could put out, and a kind of courage that no dogs could defeat.”

On Kingdom Seeking and Stuff: A Personal Reflection

On Kingdom Seeking and Stuff: A Personal Reflection – Lisa Robinson writes to encourage singles to pursue Christ above every other pursuit and desire.

Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World

Raising Teens in a Hyper-Sexualized World – Here are seven tips.

Owning and Repenting of “Me-First-Ness”

Owning and Repenting of “Me-First-Ness” – “Forgive and free us, Jesus, when we’re more obsessed with a “to-do-list” than a “to-love-list.” The only thing that counts is “faith expressing itself in love,” not ambition expression itself in drive.”

God in Suffering: Our Response to Too Many School Shootings

God in Suffering: Our Response to Too Many School Shootings – God hasn't left our students or abandoned our nation's education system.

Three Attributes of the Truly Victorious Christian Life

Three Attributes of the Truly Victorious Christian Life – “Romans 8 is, at least in my opinion, one of the greatest chapters in all the Bible. In it, we find a beautiful and hope-giving description of the work of the Spirit, the power of the gospel, and the identity of the Christian.”

Don’t Waste Your Guilt on Your Junk Drawer

Don’t Waste Your Guilt on Your Junk Drawer – Erin Davis writes to women about making the important things really important.

Why I Stopped Reading the Bible

Why I Stopped Reading the Bible – “My time in Psalm 119 was life-changing. Here are a few things the Lord taught me during this season.”

Where Did the Pope Come From? The Rise of the Roman Pontiff

Where Did the Pope Come From? The Rise of the Roman Pontiff – “Where do these massive claims come from? Roman Catholics trace the pope’s origin to the apostle Peter. But history tells a different story.”

The Strangest Thing about the Christian Faith

The Strangest Thing about the Christian Faith – “The strangest thing about the Christian faith is not our views on sexuality or politics. Those things are not even our most controversial of claims. The strangest thing about us is what the apostle Paul explains in 1 Corinthians 15:3-4.”

10 Most Significant Discoveries in the Field of Biblical Archaeology

10 Most Significant Discoveries in the Field of Biblical Archaeology – Here’s a list of what and why they are significant.

The Power of Daily Meditation

The Power of Daily Meditation – “What is your appetite for food like? Now compare that to your appetite for the Word of God. Do you treasure Scripture more than food?”

What Do We Do With the Very Real Resurrection?

What Do We Do With the Very Real Resurrection? – Does the biblical resurrection account leave us with as little evidence as some assume? 

The Single Most Important Day in History: Relive the Surprise of Easter Sunday

The Single Most Important Day in History: Relive the Surprise of Easter Sunday – “It is Sunday, April 5, AD 33. This day will change the entire course of world history, more than any other day before or after, though only a handful of people will know this by day’s end.”

The Empty Tomb and the Resurrected Lord

The Empty Tomb and the Resurrected Lord – “Resurrection Sunday is the central event in the church year–the climax of worship, expectation, and celebration. This celebration is also an acid test of the Church’s faithfulness and conviction.”