Stephen Altrogge

Trying to please everyone is an absolutely miserable way to live, right? You’re constantly paranoid about what people are thinking, whether you’re...

To claim that the Bible doesn’t tell us what church should look like allows a person to substitute his own preferences for the clear teaching of...

When we place our practices above Biblical principles, it’s a recipe for disaster. I want to suggest that we can make this whole dating thing a lot...

Husbands, listen up: if you are using Proverbs 31 as a godliness checklist, you are misusing the passage and hurting your wife.

Why does God say, “My grace is sufficient for you?” And what does it mean that God’s power is made perfect in weakness?

But reading this description doesn’t discourage me. Why? Because personality tests leave out one critical element: the power of the Holy Spirit...

It’s been a rough couple months. The shootings in Parkland and Vegas. The ongoing political vitriol constantly spewed by both sides. Constant...

I believe that reading books written by other, wiser Christians is one of the most effective ways to grow as a Christian. But with millions of...

What place, if any, does strong language have in Christian art? It’s an important question that deserves some deep thinking.

I did grow up in church and have seen many of my friends leave the church, so I may have a bit of insight into the question. I’ve seen friends get...

It turns out that mental illness shares the same first rule as Fight Club: you don’t talk about it.

If we don’t we don’t test our ideas against God’s word and church history we are in danger of letting our theology be shaped by current events and...

Worry is the act of imagining a future without God. But Psalm 18:46 provides three words which destroy worry and fuel faith...

All of us have a tendency to take something that is good, at least in our opinion, and add moral weight to it.

We post every little thing on social media, forgetting that God rewards those good works that are done in secret...

Behind door number one: give up. Let despair, anger, and unbelief wash over you like an acidic shower, eating away at your faith. Start calling...

While I’m all for being radical for Jesus, we need to think carefully about what being radical really means. Fortunately, it’s spelled out pretty...

I know in my head that God works all things for good, and that I am supposed to rejoice always. But deep down, I suspect God somehow enjoys seeing...