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God’s Word is full of life-giving, confidence-boosting verses. But we have to understand and apply them to truly be changed by them.

A book, DVD, or budgeting software won’t ultimately change your financial situation. That won’t change unless YOU change.

It’s also hard enough to spend time in the Word and pray regularly, let alone practice other disciplines like silence and solitude. Spiritual...

Childhood is a time of wonder and growth. Encouraging words fill the hearts of children like water to a sponge. Pouring godly wisdom over kids can...

For the last 16 years I’ve sat in a seminary classroom, listening to student sermons on an almost daily basis, and I’ve heard every kind of sermon...

If we wanted to save our marriage, we’d need to die to ourselves, relinquishing our pride and selfishness so that He could live unhindered through...

Most of our children’s difficult phases are temporary. But how we choose to handle them can have more lasting impact.

Step back and take a long look at your circumstances. What gifts has God given to you to prepare you for this moment?

Christianity has an image problem. Many of those outside of the Christian faith think Christians no longer represent what Jesus...

God is a Healer and Redeemer. In all of the sorrow and confusion, our hope in grief resides in the reality that God can restore anything.

The dead come alive, walking from the graveyard into the nearby town. It’s the spooky scene described in Matthew 27:45-54.

We can learn a lot about genuine friendship by observing the friendships throughout Scripture. In particular, the friendship between David and...

Teenage years are some of the most exciting, yet challenging years of life. It’s a time to leave adolescence and childhood behind to grow into the...

American author, biblical scholar and pastor Eugene Peterson died Monday, October 22, at 85 years old.

A dear friend of mine recently learned that her husband has cancer. My friend ran into a neighbor soon after she heard the news. Her neighbor...