How to Grow Your Character
In some ways your character is like your closet, your car, or your bank account. Of course it’s much more…
Bible Teaching
Intimacy Is Worth the Risk
Get too close and you’re likely to get hurt. No wonder many people are afraid to take the risk. Most…
5 Benefits of Reading the Bible
As a Christian you’ve probably heard over and over, “Read your Bible!” But why? You get busy and it just…
How to Disinfect Your Shame
We are all wounded. Life happens to us. People hurt us. And we hurt ourselves. But when the infection of…
Help For Connecting You With God
Marilyn would have preferred to be almost anywhere else that day. She had faced similar medical issues in the past,…
Are You A Second-Class Christian?
It had been a couple years since I had heard from her. Yesterday her message was painful to read: “My…
4 Ways Your Health Impacts Your Spiritual Life
We have some wonderful friends who work with the organ donation program in our home state. Nancy, a veteran transplant…
7 Ways You Can Take Charge of Your Mental Health
We each have our bag of mental challenges to deal with. Some of us have greater emotional vulnerabilities than others.…
You Don’t Have To Be Happily Married
There’s no checkbox for “relationship status” on the employment application God gives you. And regardless of how the culture in…
Live Healthy, Live Whole!
It’s here! Your Prescription for Healthy Living, Loving Relationships, and Joyful Spirituality Have you ever tried to have a meaningful…
How Shall We Then Live?
Yesterday we celebrated Easter in remembrance of when Jesus rose from the dead, never to die again. The historical evidence…
Easter for the 21st Century: You Don’t Have To Live Like This!
Flattered Woman Smiling — Image by © Royalty-Free/Corbis Today is Good Friday. Sunday is Easter. Yes, Christians believe that Jesus’…
7 Ingredients to Rebuilding Trust Between You and Your Spouse
A long-haul truck driver called our radio program. He worried about his wife every time he left home. It wasn’t…
Christianity in One Word
Denominations. Cultures. Traditional vs. contemporary. Grace vs. good works. Community. Just love everyone. What is Christianity really about anyway? Controversy…
Why Do Some People Beat the Odds?
Why do some people beat the odds and others don’t? Some people remain stuck. Their addictions are just as strong…
Who Should You Ask For Help
When you’re successful at doing it all on your own you’re left with feelings of accomplishment and pride. More often,…
How God Deals with Repeat Sinners
It’s been too long. You’ve smoked too long. You’ve been mean and judgmental too long. You’ve slept with too many…
How to Say “I’m Sorry”
I’m not proud of it. I gave someone I didn’t know a difficult time, and I had to say “I’m…
How to Get Through Spiritual Dryness
Something just feels off. You try to pray, but it feels as though no one is listening. You try to…
How to Turn It Over to God
In Christian-eze it’s been said various ways: “Give it to God.” “Turn it over to God.” “Let God do the…
How to Pray When Making a Big Decision
Taking a business risk. Getting married. Going back to school. Moving to another city. There are times in your life…
What to Do If You Feel Guilty After Watching 50 Shades of Grey
Three years ago the 50 Shades of Grey trilogy became a publishing phenomenon. And 10 days ago the movie version…
5 Keys to Having the Husband You Want
You want your husband to understand you, love you, and be there for you when you need him. You want…
What’s God’s Job? What’s My Job?
Some things God will do for you. Those are things you cannot do for yourself, and He does them spectacularly.…
God Wants You Uncomfortable
“God, help me, please!” I believe God loves those prayers. There’s never a wrong time to pray, though sadly it…
The Enormous Power of “I Don’t Care!”
Next to “No” the most powerful sentence in the English language is “I don’t care.” It makes you downright dangerous!…
Six Things I’d Say To My Younger Self
I just had a birthday. At my age that’s both good news and bad news. I’m glad I’m still here.…
7 Things to Do If You’re Sad
Have you ever cried so hard and so long you thought it would never end? Or have you become so…
If Grace Is Free, Why Is It So Costly?
Have you ever been presented with an extravagant gift, and only later realized how much it would actually cost you?…
How Do You Know What God Wants You To Do?
Somewhere in the deep parts of our souls we feel as though there must to be more to our lives than earning…
Why Do You Go To Church?
On Sunday morning, or whenever you go to church, what are you looking for? What do you expect when you…
Why You Should Let God Bake Your Bread
People get hungry. Some people starve. Sometimes hunger becomes a matter of life and death. If you don’t eat you’ll…
5 Questions to Ask When Somebody Doesn’t Like You
There will always be people who don’t agree with you. Some people see the world differently than you do, and…
Reading the Bible in the 21st Century
One of the most amazing ongoing miracles is how God’s Holy Spirit takes words from His Word and uses them…
“I Want to Do More in 2015”
The beginning of the New Year is a bittersweet time for many. Looking back, you may regret some things about…
17 Things to say NO to this New Year
There’s no true difference between 11:59 pm tonight and 00:01 tomorrow morning. For some it will be a moment to…
Did Christmas Disappoint You?
For most of us, yesterday was Christmas. The gifts have been opened. The food has been eaten. The Christmas carols…
Marks on Your Spiritual Wall: Growing in Grace
If you were to walk into the home where our oldest grandson lives, you’d see a wall with lots of…
What Would Jesus Do in Ferguson, Missouri?
Two days ago the grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, made known their final decision: no criminal indictment against the police…
Are You In The Right Church?
There’s a wonderful gospel song that proclaims, “God’s building a church!” Yes, He certainly is. And YOU are a vital…
What the Best and Worst of Sexuality Tells Us About God
Sexuality tells us about God. For some, putting “God” and “sex” in the same sentence might seem sacrilegious. The only…
4 Things To Do While Waiting
Nobody likes to wait. It’s frustrating. It feels cold. And it’s easy to let a seeming delay mess with your…
Knowing God as Your Husband
If you’re a single woman, the idea of God as your husband may be a wonderful comfort. Or it may…
Does God Say Things Will Get Better or Worse?
Are things betting better or worse? If you listen to the evening news, read much on the internet, or have…
When Love Goes to War
What have you done in the name of love? Stayed up all night nursing a sick child – over and…
If Your Wife Does Not Respect You
Men thrive on respect. It’s right there at the top of a man’s emotional needs. If your wife does not…
What Should Christians Do About Ebola?
(*Since this post was first written Thomas Duncan, the Liberian national, has died. Two nurses who were caring for him…
How Do You Know if You are Mentally/Emotionally Healthy?
Do you ever wonder if you’re OK mentally? With all the stress and struggle our modern world affords, who wouldn’t…
How To Become A Real Christian
Standing in the garage doesn’t make you a car. Getting inside the oven doesn’t make you a biscuit. And going…
What The Bible Says To Those Struggling With Infertility
There is probably no place in modern medicine where ethics, morality, and science collide with a more resounding crash than…
