Facing Grief at Easter
Today is Good Friday. Sunday is Easter. Is there a more important weekend in all of Christianity? The death, burial,…
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How to Trust God when Everything’s NOT Alright
Perhaps you’ve heard this old gospel song. It talks about the Bible stories of Moses, David, and Jesus, times when…
Does God Want You to Be In Charge?
Yes. And No. And it’s getting the Yes’s and No’s mixed up that gets us into all kinds of trouble.…
When You Pray and are Still Sick
God is a Healer. That’s His very nature. And yet there are many believers who are still sick. If you’re…
Can You Serve God Better Single or Married?
She wanted to serve God with all her heart. She also loved her husband, and wanted to do what it…
A New Year’s Prayer
Over the past couple weeks your inbox has probably been filled with emails promoting goal-setting programs and ways to guarantee…
Do You Know How God Works With You?
How does God work with you? Do you know? How do you hear His voice? How do you understand what…
4 Times that God Needs You to be Angry
The only people who are never angry are dead people – either dead literally, or dead-on-the-inside kind of dead. I’m…
What to do After God Speaks
You had a problem, or something you desired deeply. You prayed about it – a lot. You asked others to pray for…
When You Feel Like a Failure
Let’s just admit it. We’re not perfect, and we know it. But sometimes the not-perfect-ness gets really old. Your head…
Helping the Least of These
There’s a long-running commercial on television in the US that tries to raise money for an organization helping abused and…
7 Things to do After God Heals You
Hallelujah! God has touched you! You know in your body and in your soul that God has stepped in and…
For the Christian in a Bad Marriage
There’s plenty of marriage advice out there: pre-marital counseling, marriage seminars, sermons and books proclaiming the magic of a marriage…
Are You Putting God in a Box?
So who’s right? You? Your pastor? The Pope? The head of some denomination? The group of church leaders when they…
5 Ways to Spend Time With God When You’re Busy
Your mind gets distracted. Life gets busy. Your thoughts become occupied with figuring out what to do next or solving…
How To Take Charge of Your Health As A Christian
Christians have a mixed reputation when it comes to living healthfully. Individuals who are involved in a religious community and…
When Your Faith Conflicts With Government
As a Christian in the United States I and the other believers living here have been spoiled. We have enjoyed,…
This Is NOT God’s Will
Bad things are happening – to people you know, to Christians here and in other places, and perhaps to you…
Reasons to Have a Baby for Christians
Some couples assume that having children is just something you do when you get married, and don’t give much thought…
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…
When Good People Do Bad Things
Many in the popular media seem to relish exposing “skeletons in the closet” whenever an individual or a group that…
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…
You Really ARE Alone
Helpers, advocates, friends, and kind people everywhere often say to someone who’s hurting, “You’re not alone.” I often say it myself. It’s…
Why Christians Need Emotional Intelligence
The list of catechism-like truths taught in a Sunday school class or Bible study won’t do much to change you,…
How to be Both Heavenly Minded and Earthly Good
You know the old saying: “Christians are so heavenly minded they’re no earthly good.” It’s meant as a derogatory reference…
How to Get More People to Follow You
And no, we’re not talking about Twitter! We all want people to follow us in real life. Or at least…
5 Reasons to Leave Your Church
Going to church is something most Christians assume they should do. It’s fashionable for some people to quote Hebrews 10:25…
When What God Said Doesn’t Happen
You’ve prayed, over and over again. Perhaps you’ve asked other people to pray for you also. You were hungry to…
If You Feel As Though God Has Left You
Her pain seeped out through the words in her message: “Have you ever felt like you were totally left by…
What To Do When You Don’t Feel Like Reading the Bible
There’s that little voice in your head that says, “Read the Bible!” Intellectually you accept the fact that as a Christian, reading the Bible would be a good thing to do. But you don’t feel like it.
Here are a few thoughts on what to do at those moments when you just don’t feel like reading the Bible.
Hearing God’s Voice
God speaks to us, and we can hear Him.
Is that really true? How can we know it’s Him? What does that look like?
I have learned some things about hearing His voice that make it much less confusing and more practical. Here are some characteristics of God’s voice:
God In A Box
We so easily put God in a box. OK, so who’s right? Your pastor? The Pope? The head of some…
