Growth
There is nothing more transformative in human life than suffering. Whether it be from significant…
Devastating wildfires. Global plagues. Unprecedented political swerves. If you’re looking for an apocalypse, there certainly…
I wish I could say that my prayer life is one defined by consistent authenticity…
On a trip to the United Kingdom, our family visited a castle. In the center…
When I was a kid, a free-flowing river meandered its way through my backyard. Growing…
There is a picture sitting beside my bed that I have held dear for nearly…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on CoreyFarr.com. It was republished here with permission. “All…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran in 2017. In the six weeks between Ash Wednesday…
Before college, I wasn’t much of a reader. C.S. Lewis was the only author I…
I grew up in a tiny town way out in the country. There were apples on…
Acclaimed New Testament scholar and author (his latest is called The New Testament in Its…
In less than a week, everyone is going to be writing down their New Year’s…
Christmas truly is the most wonderful time of the year, because it calls our attention…
I was sitting on a hillside in Israel when I first believed God loved me. …
The makers of widely used Bible app YouVersion have announced the most-read Bible verse of…
Everyone has heard the saying “WWJD”, right? What would Jesus do? You’ve heard it preached,…
What did Jesus teach on the most? If you have been in church during a…
During his celebrated career as a composer, George Frideric Handel wrote 42 operas, 29 oratorios…
Recently, I met with a couple who had been married for 20 years. A few…
You are a major character in the Bible. You may not have walked through the…
We were buried therefore with him by baptism into death, in order that, just as…
Growing up as a church kid, who suffered from severe depression, I was not met…
If getting in shape was easy, then everyone would do it. That’s the thing about…
Have you ever stuffed your emotions because you thought they couldn’t be trusted? I did,…
Our goal as Christ-followers is to resemble Him more and more. But sometimes as we study…
Dr. Scot McKnight thinks we’ve been reading Romans all wrong. As the professor of New…
Ephesus was once a famous and flourishing Greek city. The apostle Paul founded the church…
After a white nationalist terrorist attacked El Paso, Texas, killing 22 and injuring 26, the…
A close encounter with Christianity is an encounter with a God who is capable of…
A few weeks after we got married, my husband and I moved to a different…
From age 22 to 23, I lived in England. I was there for graduate school,…
You may think I am crazy, but I believe there is a place for critics…
If you’ve been around church culture for any length of time, you’ve most likely heard…
This summer, a driving goal of mine is to create space to experience God through…
Unless I missed it, the song “Everything Is Awesome” from the LEGO movie is nowhere…
An American missionary woman named Renee Bach has been accused of pretending to be a doctor…
Simon Peter was one of Jesus’ closest friends and also his rowdiest. It’s easy to…