Practical Applications Archives

Every mother and father wants their child to be happy. Unfortunately, sometimes what’s best for a child goes directly against their happiness.

We are created in God’s image, so we often find joy in having things be orderly, clean, and functioning well, as God does.

If you regularly ask your spouse dangerous questions, it’s likely you will cause harm and pain to your marriage.

This is the question, of sorts, I recently posed to a local businessman. As I indicated in my last commentary, I have embarked on an enterprise...

No matter where we are in our faith journey, God has a promise. He has a path. And He has the perfect lesson for each stage, for each of us.

Marriage is an amazing gift from God. Yet the greatest gifts aren’t always cherished the way they should be. Many times, we start looking for the...

Some Christians think God sees marriage as a "him vs. her" relationship where one of you is supposed to win--and that person is your husband.

One day my mentor told me, “You can either be a nice guy, or you can be a leader.” I thought, "Surely there's a third option."

There is a reason so many Christian men and women hang on to the guilt of their sin even though they know about God’s total forgiveness.

We don’t go to church to enjoy it. We go to worship God, to hear from God, and to fellowship with the saints.

Empathy doesn’t require surviving the exact same situation. Empathy requires a willingness to wear the same emotions.

How can we pray like Christ did? How can ours be like Christ's rich prayer life? We must pray in the name of Jesus.

What does it look like to encourage our husbands to grow spiritually? It does not look like pulling, pushing or manipulating.

During these periods of waiting, God is still working, and we need to be as well.

But while counterfeits may change, Scripture stays the same.