Life
Growing deeper to grow taller
I don't have many answers. But I do know that the quiet, gentle work of living with integrity through the non-spectacular parts of life will gradually result in greater strength from a deeper place.
'Elvis wanted to be like Jesus' and 'read his Bible every day', says stepbrother
The stepbrother of music icon Elvis Presley has pulled back the veil on a different side of "The King of Rock' n' Roll".
We say we believe Jesus is coming back soon, but our actions say otherwise
The degraded moral state of Western Christianity is indisputable evidence that we are not prophetically discerning the essential reality of the Second Coming as "near".
Life, death and legacy
Most of us don't want to talk about death, even though it's one of the three things that are guaranteed to all of us in life, the other two being taxes and change.
When prayer is both hard and easy
My wife survived her first bout with cancer and now has to go through a procedure every 3-6 months to remove pre-cancerous lesions from her body. I have two options open to me where my prayers for her are concerned.
What makes God proud of us?
While the world struggles to find itself right-side-up again after all the upheaval of the past couple of years, Jesus wants us to shine our lights bright like a lighthouse for those who are trying to find land.
Dwelling on the beauty of the Lord
Remembering the beauty of the Lord can ready us for worship, can melt away the sense of duty, and can drive us further in our faith journey.
Dangerous idea: the goodness of suffering
Life will be tough, and it will be easy to look down upon yourself or look up enviously at those appearing at surface level to be more well off, but rather than living in lamentation or jealously, in setting our minds to God above, we find rest and a goal that nothing in this world can ever compare to.
Finding healing from past hurts
In the nature of the world, interacting with people and doing life, impacts and injuries in life occur. How we react to these injuries I believe will determine whether we end up with a long-term scab or scar.
What do you want from work?
I want to encourage you to understand the limits of what work can provide, and look to a greater hope.
Noticing the changing seasons
How often do we take notice of these seasons and allow the changes to stir us to action?
Maverick City Music 'pauses' relationship with Dante Bowe over 'behaviour' issues
Maverick City Music have pressed the "pause" button on their professional relationship with one of the group's lead singers, Dante Bowe.
The good and the bad of rules and boundaries
Rather than hindering our experience of life, God's intention was to enhance it.
Challenging our consumer culture
Whether we are buying into fast fashion, constantly pursuing the most up-to-date gadget, or simply the obsession with acquiring more stuff, many of us remain enslaved by our greed.
Most evangelicals see worshipping alone as a valid replacement for going to church
For the first time, a biennial survey has found that most Evangelical Christians in the United States believe that worshiping alone or only with one's family can be a valid substitute for going to church, a possible effect of widespread closures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
LeAnn Rimes talks God and growing up Southern Baptist after release of new album
Country singer LeAnn Rimes released her new album 'god's work' - intentionally spelled with a lower case 'g' - this month and says the album title is a "reclamation of God for herself."