Practical Applications Archives

As wonderful as summer can be, keeping ourselves sane and our children occupied, happy and safe can be quite a juggling act.

To be a Christian means to stand in witness for Christ. All of us, no matter our background, are called to share the Good News with the people of...

There are so many fun and wonderful things about summer, let’s choose to be intentional about our rest and relaxation as well.

What keeps you from sharing the Gospel? For many the main answer to that question comes down to awkwardness.

Are new beginnings possible? Is healing a reality? How do we confidently release the past and embrace the future?

In Song of Solomon we discover four principles that will lead to maximum sexual fulfillment for a husband and wife.

As a small group leaders for many years, God taught us five key areas where a small group will not glorify Him or enrich the spiritual life of the...

Sexual minorities aren’t simply abstractions, people hidden from view in some distant place. They have names we recognize, faces we love and live...

Research shows time and again that those married couples who date regularly, and furthermore, try new activities together, tend to have more...

The very things that entangle may become a snare for blessing and sustenance instead when given to the Lord.

Remember: the cross reminds us that God understands our grief from the inside out.

Many times you may be asking the question: “What did I do wrong?” But what if the problem isn’t something you did, but something you didn’t do?

Leading like Jesus Christ involves a threefold focus, on: spirituality (loving God), chemistry (loving people), and strategy.

I spent a lot of years alternating between trying harder, giving up, feeling guilty and trying harder again. What I got was not godliness. What I...

God will meet you in that whitespace and awaken your soul with rest, making something beautiful out of you.