Stephen Altrogge

Pastor, Sovereign Grace Church of Indiana, PA

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Stephen Altrogge is a writer who lives in Tallahassee, Florida. He’s married to Jen and has three little girls. You can find him on Twitter and Facebook.

Find out more when you visit his blog, The Blazing Center.

Grace Frees You From Trying to Please Everybody

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

February 07, 2023

Grace Frees You From Trying to Please Everybody

6 Ways the Bible Tells Us What Church Should Look Like

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...

August 28, 2021

6 Ways the Bible Tells Us What Church Should Look Like

4 Rules to Simplify Christian Dating

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...

October 23, 2018

4 Rules to Simplify Christian Dating

Do I Want My Wife to Be a Proverbs 31 Woman? Sorta

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

September 29, 2018

Do I Want My Wife to Be a Proverbs 31 Woman? Sorta

5 Reasons God's Grace Is Sufficient for You Even in the Darkness

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

August 23, 2018

5 Reasons God's Grace Is Sufficient for You Even in the Darkness

I Am Not My Enneagram

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

August 16, 2018

I Am Not My Enneagram

Yes, Things Are Falling Apart, But Don't Panic. Here's Why...

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

Yes, Things Are Falling Apart, But Don't Panic. Here's Why...

40 Books Every Christian Should Read

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...

40 Books Every Christian Should Read

Can a Christian Cuss for the Glory of God?

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

December 26, 2016

Can a Christian Cuss for the Glory of God?

Children’s Bible + Faithful Discipline Does NOT Equal Salvation

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...

November 09, 2016

Children’s Bible + Faithful Discipline Does NOT Equal Salvation

How Having Mental Illness is Like Being in Fight Club

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

August 25, 2016

How Having Mental Illness is Like Being in Fight Club

3 Phrases about the Bible that Should Make You Very Suspicious

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...

3 Phrases about the Bible that Should Make You Very Suspicious

3 Words Which Absolutely Destroy Worry

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

3 Words Which Absolutely Destroy Worry

The Danger of Turning a Good Thing into a Moral Thing

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

The Danger of Turning a Good Thing into a Moral Thing

Let Your Light Shine Before...Facebook?

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

Let Your Light Shine Before...Facebook?

Well, You Could Give Up, Or You Could Do This…

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...

January 29, 2016

Well, You Could Give Up, Or You Could Do This…

It’s Time for Some Radical, Crazy, End-Times Living

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...

October 29, 2015

It’s Time for Some Radical, Crazy, End-Times Living

Does God Like Making You Suffer?

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...

September 17, 2015

Does God Like Making You Suffer?