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How should Christians respond to insults and vitriol from the culture?

Are our actions based on calculated moves rather than faith in God's larger plan for our lives?

We’ve heard that God loves us. But do our lives reflect that reality? They will if we practice Discovering Our Spiritual Identity.

Do you have stones stuck in deep ruts at the entrance of your heart—stones of fear, rebellion, despair, or discouragement?

It seemed whenever I thought of Easter, I thought only of Easter Sunday -- the celebration of resurrected life -- or Good Friday -- the death Christ suffered on the cross. I never thought about the Saturday in-between.

The resurrection is more than just an event that happened once in history. It's your source of power!

The most unbelieved beatitude in the Bible is: “It is more blessed to give than receive” (Acts 20:35). The giver happier than the getter? Surely some mistake?

I've always found the "armor of God" passage in Ephesians 6 a rich vein of Scripture. Specifically, how we can stand strong in our faith in the face of enormous, ferocious opposition to stand at all.

Could pride actually be THE primary source of human relationship problems? I think so.

Because many evangelicals view doctrine as heady and theoretical, they dismiss it as unimportant, divisive, threatening, or simply impractical.

Recently I spotted a T-Shirt that conveys a sad truth: "I’m not cynical. I’m just experienced." I receive a pretty steady stream of correspondence from "experienced" Christians who are fighting cynicism.

Who was Saint Patrick? History records him as a social activist, and legend marks him as a practical theologian. Would that we had more Saint Patricks today!

Even when we're feeling anxious and small, we can bring God the greatest pleasure.

So Christians often talk about purity – but only in the sense of avoiding sexual immorality. There’s a better way to pursue purity.

Permission Granted is an amalgam of true stories, the author’s tumbling emotions, and her desperate desire to face her fears and figure out how to love people as Jesus loves people.

In this fallen world, pain enters everyone’s life, so it’s inevitable that you’ll have to deal with pain.

When hurt and abused, we tend to be quicker to punish and revile. We need help. We need God abiding in us. We need to believe and practice what Joseph believed and practiced.

"'Christian Worldview' makes me want to vomit." That was the response I received when I emailed a friend that I wanted to write a book about worldviews.

God's "time out" for us deepens our relationship with Him