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If I were to chronicle and categorize the hours of my adult life, the majority of my time would have surely been devoted to pastoral counseling. And there is no busier time of the year for pastoral counseling than the weeks following the new year....

“I want to destroy the influence of the Christian cliché ‘the safest place to be is in the center of the will of God,’” says Erwin McManus, a Hollywood-based pastor, author and “cultural architect” of one of the most innovative congregations in...

Seeking God with all your heart and then sharing the rewards of that faith with others pleases God. Let's look at what this verse means in the book of Hebrews.

How can we guard our motives, live above reproach, and minister faithfully? We do this by keeping our eyes, minds, and hearts focused on Christ. When we put God first, everything else will fall into place.

We need to believe God. More than anything, we need to stop looking at our circumstances and believe God regardless of what the "natural" tells us.

I don't advocate studying what false prophets teach. That would be a foolish waste of time for most, and a dangerous path for many. However, we can still learn important lessons from popular false teaching.

"For the love of money is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs."

We should rejoice in the safe return of the three Americans while praying for the millions who are victims of this cruel regime.

One of my failed career bits was as a disc jockey at 1000 watt powerhouse WCHI in Chillicothe, Ohio. Unfortunately my playlist was often influenced by my emotional state on any given day.

I once heard someone encourage giving to a charity say, “Remember, never give to receive; give to give.” That’s it? Give to give? Somehow that doesn’t motivate me much. To me, that sounds like, “Remember, never go to work and expect a paycheck....

What does this scripture really mean?