Can Spiritual Warfare Be Healthy?
Bring up the topic of spiritual warfare and some people shout Hallelujah and begin praising God. Other people respond to…
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How the Holy Spirit Changes You
When did you first say Yes to Jesus? Last weekend in church? Years ago, when you were a child? When…
How to Keep Your Faith When Things are Bad
Jesus promised His followers two things: trouble – and peace. “I have said these things to you, that in me…
How Darkness Might Help You See Farther
How long has it been since you walked outside at night in a dark place, and really looked up at…
The Key to Healthier Thoughts and Feelings
GI-GO. Any old-time computer person will recognize that acronym; Garbage In, Garbage Out. If you want better output, change the…
Are Your Prayers Too Small?
If it seems as though God is not answering your prayers, it’s probably not because your prayers are too big.…
How to Re-Learn about Sex and Intimacy
Where did you first learn about it? Was it in a class in school? From classmates, or older kids in…
What Restoration Actually Looks Like
A marriage that’s damaged through infidelity. A public figure who betrays the trust of those they lead. A pastor caught…
Why Should You Care About Your Body as a Christian?
Almost every believer would say that God cares about your physical body. But why? Isn’t your body going to die?…
When You Feel Distant from God
God created you and me for intimacy with Himself. Intimacy with God is possible! But that feeling of being close…
Characteristics of a Sound Mind
One of the Scriptures many Christians know well is 2 Timothy 1:7. In the KJV it reads: “For God hath…
How to Experience Intimacy with God
Some people are hyper-religious and super-spiritual – and obnoxious. If that’s what “intimacy with God” produces, who wants it? Others…
Why God Invented Sex
How is intimacy going for you? It is good, healthy, nourishing? Or have your attempts at intimacy resulted in only…
What Intimacy with God Means
You’ve heard people talk about it. Perhaps it sounds a little weird, and at the same time something in your…
How to Handle Suffering You Cannot Avoid
Some suffering is unnecessary. Suffering that we bring on ourselves through our sin and brokenness means that if our actions…
What Would It Mean to be Like Jesus?
What would it mean to be like Jesus? That is what He promised, after all. That’s the point. The whole…
Is It OK to Ask WHY?
For as long as human beings have tried to survive in a sinful world they have asked WHY. The problem…
10 Scriptures for the Journey Through Grief
Death hurts. A lot! The testimony of Scripture and of Christians during the last 2000+ years is that believing in…
The Christian’s Journey Through Grief
** My new book The Christian’s Journey Through Grief is to be released next week, May 7, 2019, and it’s…
What Kind of God Do You Serve?
You are a theologian whether you realize it or not. Theology is nothing more than what you believe about God.…
What to Do When You Feel Lonely
Pain is perhaps the loneliest thing in the world. That goes for emotional pain, physical pain, spiritual pain. It becomes…
The “Good News” About Sex
Why talk about sex? Because God talks a lot about it, because the devil works overtime to distort and use…
3 Steps to Fulfilling what God Created You to Do
Why are you here? What is the reason God placed you on this earth? Many people struggle with that question.…
It All Belongs to God Anyway
God’s in charge, right? Then why do bad things happen? We can’t fix things ourselves! But God has given humankind…
What Forgiveness IS and ISN’T
At some point you will have to deal with the matter of forgiveness. For people who are Christians or who…
How to Know if you are Released from your Marriage
Jesus said that even though it was not God’s original design for marriage, divorce is “allowed” in some circumstances “because…
What Are We Supposed To Do About “Church”?
It is tragic but too often true; if you want to start a fight among Christians, just start talking about…
What Does Taking the Next Step Look Like?
The right first step in every situation is to pray, “God, help me! Jesus, come!” Inviting Him to be With…
The Two-Part Prayer for Almost Any Problem
You face a problem. How do you bring your faith into play when that happens? The way in which you…
You Don’t Have to Live Like This!
Jesus was and is all about life. “In him was life, and that life was the light of men.” (John…
Our Christmas Gift to You
Perhaps you are celebrating Christmas with many friends and family, with food, presents, gifts, and perhaps football. Or perhaps you’re…
Community by Design: How God Uses People to Transform You
Few people experience lasting spiritual growth in isolation. God never intended us to grow alone. He created us with the…
The “Hard” Part of Spiritual Growth
Why aren’t you more like Jesus? God’s plan for you is to “be conformed to the image of His Son.”…
Fake News or Good News?
In the United States we’ve just been through a very contentious election cycle. There’s been a lot of talk about…
What’s Greater Than Forgiveness?
If you’re on your deathbed, forgiveness is the best news you could possibly receive. You’re facing eternity, and you can…
The Foundation of Your Faith
Your faith is built on something. And you can’t escape the fact that at some point your faith will be…
How to Grow a One Flesh Marriage
Imagine that Friday in the Garden of Eden. Adam wakes from his God-induced sleep missing a rib, and before him…
What’s the Purpose of the Christian Life?
Why do we do what we do as believers? What’s supposed to happen to you as a result of being…
God Help Me! I’m Sick!
Sickness and disease: is it simply a fact of life on this miserable, sin-filled, messed-up planet? Is it our own…
5 Things To Do When You Feel Like God Doesn’t Care
Do you ever feel like God doesn’t care? Someone says, “God is good.” And you respond, “All the time!” And yet…
3 Warning Signs You’re Under Spiritual Attack
Do you ever find yourself trudging along as if in a fog? Something’s off and you can’t nail it down.…
Change(d) Conference: You Won’t Leave the Same!
You found your fixer upper! Your creative soul has imagined this moment for years. But finally, there it is in…
The Transformation of Your Mind
Our heads get us into trouble. Feelings get triggered by anything and everything, and some of us are more diligent…
Independence or Transformation?
Here in the United States we celebrated Independence Day yesterday. For some the day was filled with a parade, sun,…
Undo the Shame, Unlock your Transformation
Hiding is human. But if any part of you wants things to be different, it’s time to undo the shame…
The Transformation of the Kingdom of God
When I hear my grandchildren recite the Lord’s Prayer I still sometimes get a little emotional. They don’t yet fully…
Is Sex a Need?
Oh my, we’re getting touchy! Perhaps even asking that question feels like sandpaper in the most sensitive parts of you.…
Break the Fake: Finding Real Life
Jesus didn’t come to revise the list of do’s and don’ts that would get you into heaven; He came to…
How Rest Activates Your Transformation
Are you tired yet? Have you had enough? Are you fed up with trying harder – at your job, at…
10 Reasons Why Your Spouse Hasn’t Forgiven You Yet
Every marriage is the union of two broken sinful people who, left to their own devices, will destroy each other.…
