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Should Christians Use Transgender People's Preferred Pronouns?

A man insisting that you refer to him as her. A woman insisting the exact opposite. What is a fitting response for Jesus-loving Christians?

Should Christians Use Transgender People's Preferred Pronouns?

20 Reasons Why We Pray

Why do I pray? There must be a thousand reasons. Here are the first 20 of my answers…

20 Reasons Why We Pray

5 Fun Ideas for a Girls' Night In

If you and your friends are at all bookish, be sure to provide a flight of good reads to go along with the taste testing. Jane Austin? How about...

5 Fun Ideas for a Girls' Night In

Lessons from 9 Great Peacemakers to Teach Children

His story calls us to first understand our neighbors and then sit and talk through problems with the goal of unity. Help your children understand...

Lessons from 9 Great Peacemakers to Teach Children

6 Ways to Deal with Comparison in Marriage

Remember: their success is your success. Just as we cannot do anything apart from God, spouses marry to do life together. While each spouse in a...

6 Ways to Deal with Comparison in Marriage

6 Ways to Prioritize Your Marriage Once the Kids Are Gone

One of the basic issues couples have is that they don't talk to each other. They often talk at each other, but they don't talk to each other,...

6 Ways to Prioritize Your Marriage Once the Kids Are Gone

Max Lucado on Experiencing the Holy Spirit

In this video, Lucado shares a time when, attempting to carry his ministry in his own strength, the burden became nearly crippling - but he found...

Max Lucado on Experiencing the Holy Spirit

6 Ways to Deal with Passive Aggression from Your Spouse

Passive aggression is more subtle and harder to detect. It may take the form of a snarky comment, belittlement in front of others, or attacks on...

6 Ways to Deal with Passive Aggression from Your Spouse

Where in the Bible Are Masculine Words Meant to Be All-Inclusive?

Read in context, even in a masculine-leaning translation, the verses themselves clarify that inclusivity in the kingdom of Christ is based neither...

Where in the Bible Are Masculine Words Meant to Be All-Inclusive?

How Are Words of Affirmation Important for Husbands?

It’s important to know that getting in the habit of affirming and encouraging verbal support can help your husband feel loved and appreciated in...

How Are Words of Affirmation Important for Husbands?

Is Suicide a Growing Epidemic or a Sin That Leads to Hell?

The conversation around this issue is starting to grow more robust in faith communities and we can start to understand mental health struggles with...

Is Suicide a Growing Epidemic or a Sin That Leads to Hell?

How I Discovered That Faith Isn’t Intellectual Suicide

This was my intellectual shift regarding evidence we need to know Christianity is true. I discovered that we need a lot less than I’d expected and...

How I Discovered That Faith Isn’t Intellectual Suicide

Why Can’t I Pitch My Tent Toward Sodom?

Was Lot a “righteous” man? It seems like he followed God sometimes and also made some terrible choices. We agreed that his spiral down into the...

Why Can’t I Pitch My Tent Toward Sodom?

How to Encourage a Child Who Being Is Bullied

We can point kids to helpful Bible verses to learn and lean on. We can teach them to go to God in prayer with their hurts and their struggles. A...

How to Encourage a Child Who Being Is Bullied

6 Questions to Determine if an Opportunity Is from God

Sometimes when we’re given opportunities, there’s a clear answer, but sometimes the answer seems a little more murky. Let's consider six questions...

6 Questions to Determine if an Opportunity Is from God