Do Not Be Conformed to the World

Do Not Be Conformed to the World – “Christians should live differently.”

How Does Learning Deepen Joy?

How Does Learning Deepen Joy? – “We are not well-educated people until we can respond to reality in healthy, mature, virtuous ways.”

11 Indicators of Spiritual Growth in Children

11 Indicators of Spiritual Growth in Children – These would be true of children but also of adults.

Is the New Testament Just History, or Expectant Christianity?

Is the New Testament Just History, or Expectant Christianity? – “This is the choice facing every student of Jesus: we all must decide whether we will read the New Testament as a history book or a description normative of life in Christ.”

5 Principles for Genuine Discipleship in an AI-Generated Culture

5 Principles for Genuine Discipleship in an AI-Generated Culture – “Here are five principles to think through personally and congregationally.”

3 Life Implications if Christians Are to “Run the Race to Win the Prize”

3 Life Implications if Christians Are to “Run the Race to Win the Prize” – “So if that’s true – that the Christian life is like a race – what are the implications for us today? There are at least three of them.”

What Does Luke 9:23 Mean?

What Does Luke 9:23 Mean? – “And he said to all, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow me.’” 

Are You Just in a Relationship with the Idea of Jesus?

Are You Just in a Relationship with the Idea of Jesus? – “One directive from owning our status as bondservants of Christ is remembering the holy otherness of God. Servants remember to be reverent in their communion with God, not flippant.” 

Songs Are Discipleship

Songs Are Discipleship – “If a mist in the pulpit is a fog in the pew, the same is true of the songs we choose and sing congregationally. How does this song build up the body of Christ? How does this song edify a seasoned saint?”

Don’t Shrink Back from Discipling Adult Converts

Don’t Shrink Back from Discipling Adult Converts – Be intentional and start as soon as possible. It will also be a source of rich blessing for you.

On the Crushing Guilt of Failing at Quiet Time

On the Crushing Guilt of Failing at Quiet Time – “What does not serve God’s people well is the unstated (and sometimes stated) assumption—put upon us by others or by ourselves—that Christianity is only for super-disciplined neatniks who get up before dawn, redeem every minute of the day, and have very organized sock drawers.”

Try This Devotional Practice for Bible Reading

Try This Devotional Practice for Bible Reading – “RIPE stands for Read, Immerse, Pray, and Execute. Try reading your Bible in this way and see how it can freshen your experience. It’s also helpful to record insights you learn in a journal.”

Blessed Are the Meek

Blessed Are the Meek – “The character traits set forth in the Beatitudes are not what we in our fallen state aspire to.”

Social Media Is a Spiritual Distortion Zone

Social Media Is a Spiritual Distortion Zone – “Social media isn’t a neutral player in our sanctification. It’s an active agent working against our becoming more like Christ.”

Songs Are Discipleship

Songs Are Discipleship – It’s important that we examine the songs we sing in worship.

Every Mom Teaches Theology: Practical Ways to Go Deeper with God

Every Mom Teaches Theology: Practical Ways to Go Deeper with God – “When the laundry pile is high, the refrigerator stock low, the beds unmade, and a Bible nowhere to be found, mothers may feel like the least likely candidates for the post of theological student, let alone teacher. But the truth is, Christian moms are both.”

Location, Location, Location

Location, Location, Location – Your spiritual location determines your closeness to God and your sense of His nearness to you.

Making the Christian Life More Complicated Than It Needs To Be

Making the Christian Life More Complicated Than It Needs To Be – “There is no circumstance in which God has nothing for us to do, no situation in which we cannot be faithful to his calling on our lives. He calls none of us to uselessness and calls none of us to another man’s life or ministry.”

There Is Only One Way To Follow Jesus

There Is Only One Way To Follow Jesus – “Despite all these ways we might come to Christ, there is really only one way that we can follow Christ—that is completely.”

The Need of the Hour: to Make Disciples

The Need of the Hour: to Make Disciples – “We win people to Christ so they may know, worship and grow in Him, and so they can win others, and so on, until Jesus comes.”