A Prayer for Power & Purity
Father God, You are holy, good, and true; Make me more and more like you. Make my heart pure and…
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Wrestling match: When you don’t want to forgive
Forgiveness is a lot like wrestling. But you’re not really wrestling the person who hurt you. (Our battle is never…
The Surprising Number One Human Need
In college, I took a psych class. The professor taught us about an in-depth psychological study that intended to discover…
A Prayer: Overwhelmed to Overcomer
Father, when I look at the responsibilities ahead of me and the literal stacks of to-do lists, I feel totally…
When God asks you to do the impossible
When you give your life to Christ, there will be times that feel exhilarating like soaring on wings like eagles,…
Three Men on The Cross: The proud, the humble, the Blameless
Three on the cross There were two straight-up, flat-out, bona fide sinners on either side of Jesus that great and…
Relationship vs. Religion: Salvation is not like Santa
Religion Religious hoops and impossible checklists are not how salvation works because we can’t work our way to heaven. We…
The Big Fat Lie that God is Angry
A lot of us get this all mixed up, thinking Christianity is a bunch of rules. And they miss it…
The Gospel: Faithful husband, Wayward bride
The whole of Christianity is simple. It’s about relationship with God. It’s NOT about religion to appease God. The Gospel…
Lay the gavel down: How to respond when people curse you
It’s so easy to want to defend ourselves or fight back when someone is unkind to us. It’s even harder…