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…
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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 Ways to Pray For Your Wife
You know you “should” pray for your wife. And you want to. You really do. But you feel awkward. Long…
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.…
5 Questions to Ask When You Dislike Someone
Not long ago I posted 5 Questions to Ask When Someone Doesn’t Like You. But what about when YOU dislike…
What’s GOOD About Shame?
Can there ever be anything good about shame? You may have heard it a lot: “You ought to be ashamed…
Three Kinds of People, and How to Tell Them Apart
People can make or break you. One key relationship may decide whether you experience success or failure, happiness or misery.…
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…
Sex Without Pain
Is sex without pain possible? Sex shouldn’t hurt! But too often it does. As a gynecologist I have talked with…
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…
How to Fill an Empty Marriage
One more night of feeling lonely while lying next to someone who you had hoped would be your soulmate forever.…
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…
Enjoying Sex After Menopause
Some men complain their wives lose interest in intimacy around the time of menopause. Some women complain they can’t enjoy…
How to Enjoy Sex With Your Husband
Bedroom conflict is at it again. Husband wants sex with wife and she doesn’t want to give it. Wife wants…
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…
7 Ways Your Wife Needs You
Both husbands and wives need each other. As a husband, when you first fell in love you probably felt like…
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…
Why Do Religious Teens Have Unprotected Sex?
Why do religious teens have unprotected sex? Parents, teachers, pastors, and more would love to know. Ask the average teenager…
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…
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…
To the Lonely, Disappointed Wife
When you first got married you imagined every day would be wonderful. Someone would be there to do much of…
5 Regrets You Can Completely Prevent
It’s a blessed person indeed who can look back at his or her life without regrets. Very few, if any,…
Getting Over A Bad Attitude
A bad attitude isn’t all in your head. Sometimes it’s very much in your body as well. A bad attitude…
Five Do’s and Don’ts for Singles
It’s not easy being single. Loneliness can make you vulnerable. If you do want a relationship, your efforts to develop…
5 Ways To Connect With Your Husband
You wake up one day and realize you don’t feel like a wife at all. You feel more like a…
What A Christian Does When Faced With Evil
A lot of bad things are happening in this world. And that’s nothing new. Right now we’re hearing a lot…
How to Pray When You Don’t Know How
You talk with your family and friends. You send text messages, write emails, and post updates on social media. You…
How To Communicate Better With Your Spouse
I love board meetings. Really. I do! Because that’s how we communicate better. But these are not your normal board…
