None of us needs another excuse to skip our church’s prayer meeting. We have more than enough...What we need instead are a few reasons for going. I’ve listed five below. I hope they motivate you to...

And while it can feel helpless to contemplate my anxiety, I am not helpless to address it the best I can. Here are three things I’m reminding myself in this new season of being anxious for nothing...

Since the last half of the Twentieth Century we have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of headlines focusing on the “right-to-die” or euthanasia issue. (Euthanasia means “good death.”)

...In sum, responding with an attitude of Joy as you face overwhelming trials will only be possible by a correct perspective of your faith in God.

...Since we live in an age marked on all sides by anger, grievance, and resentment, including among Christians, it’s especially helpful to step back and listen to Jonathan Edwards’s wisdom on this topic.

...To take a single Marxist exhortation to share wealth and then in turn argue that communism is thus comparable to Christianity is the height of folly.

How do we care for both the immaterial and material needs of adopted children?

...Our heavenly citizenship signifies that our first allegiance belongs to Jesus and that we live for Him rather than put all our efforts into obtaining what the world offers.

What can we learn from this passage in John 21 and why is it such an appealing encounter with Jesus?

The Bible tells us that sound doctrine can be known. Today doctrine is often downplayed in favor of ecumenical unity, evangelism, social work projects, and other pragmatic goals.

Why is VBS good for the church as well as for children in the community?

We don’t seek out disillusionment, but sooner or later, it finds us. This unwelcome visitor showed up at my door years ago when a slander storm wreaked havoc on our family and ministry.

...Contrary to Thoreau, many people are no longer living lives of quiet desperation. Instead, they broadcast their distress like a distorted siren. I suppose the world has always been this way...

...God is faithful. If we put our trust in Him, no matter the circumstance, He proves Himself faithful. He is worthy of our trust. His steadfast love endures forever.

In the not-too-distant past, people used to speak openly about males and females. It was an established fact in the mind of the ordinary citizen that there were men and there were women. This position was...