Growth
Jesus taught us, “Be merciful, even as your heavenly Father is merciful” (Luke 6:36). If…
After graduating college, a friend of mine was offered two jobs. Both with good pay,…
There is a coming-of-age for fruit-bearing Jesus-followers. At some point in your growth in the…
We can often be tempted to put our allegiance in the wrong order. If you…
Tim Keller writes in a book excerpt posted on RELEVANT about Christ’s resurrection, especially why it really happened and the proof for a factual event.
Crazy-sounding Bible verses all have backstories that help us better understand what they meant to…
In my first semester of Bible class, the professor explained a misconception in the church…
Author and speaker Bob Goff opens up about how he deals with conflict and how…
Since discontentment is something we’ve seen in play since the very beginning, is there any…
How do we fight for truth and love in a world of hurt and rage?…
Editor’s note: This piece originally ran on CoreyFarr.com. It was republished here with permission. “All…
Only four experiences in my life have fully lived up to expectations. That’s probably because…
On a trip to the United Kingdom, our family visited a castle. In the center…
The Bible is littered with ethereal ideas like belief, love and joy. Paramount among them…
Jesus and Moses began their earthly ministries by spending 40 days alone in the wilderness…
I’ve been thinking about joy for quite some time now. Or rather, why we Christians…
There are times when laughing very hard is brave defiance; a dare to the darkness…
Another year has come and gone and very little has changed. That’s not surprising, but it’s…
If getting in shape was easy, then everyone would do it. That’s the thing about…
When I meet people for the first time, as soon as the introductions are out…
Prayer is one of those things we know we “should” do, but often don’t know how. But perhaps we’re making talking to God harder than it really needs to be.
Most of us have been there. We wake up, somehow peel ourselves out of the…
A few years ago, a young woman asked me to mentor her on being a…
I wish I could say that my prayer life is one defined by consistent authenticity…
The power of gratitude is the ability to see the good. More specifically, a grateful…
Do you ever find yourself defining life by before and after the deep hurt? The…
Technology has forever changed the waiting game. Thanks to Amazon and Apple, we can walk…
Every year, online biblical database Bible Gateway releases the year’s most searched terms and verses.…
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” (Provers…
“He who sings prays twice.” This beautiful maxim, attributed to the early church theologian Augustine,…
The following account is a sadly true and embarrassing story about me. I hope none…
For the first four decades of my life—and please try to squelch any envy you…
In our world today, news and media comes in short, easy-to-read snippets that get the…
My dad, who was a pastor, told me a story one time when I was…
Prayer remains a mystery. Nobody argues disagrees about that. We don’t ultimately know all the…
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your…
There is nothing more transformative in human life than suffering. Whether it be from significant…