Growth
If getting in shape was easy, then everyone would do it. That’s the thing about…
When I meet people for the first time, as soon as the introductions are out…
Prayer is one of those things we know we “should” do, but often don’t know how. But perhaps we’re making talking to God harder than it really needs to be.
Most of us have been there. We wake up, somehow peel ourselves out of the…
A few years ago, a young woman asked me to mentor her on being a…
I wish I could say that my prayer life is one defined by consistent authenticity…
The power of gratitude is the ability to see the good. More specifically, a grateful…
Do you ever find yourself defining life by before and after the deep hurt? The…
Technology has forever changed the waiting game. Thanks to Amazon and Apple, we can walk…
Every year, online biblical database Bible Gateway releases the year’s most searched terms and verses.…
“He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.” (Provers…
“He who sings prays twice.” This beautiful maxim, attributed to the early church theologian Augustine,…
The following account is a sadly true and embarrassing story about me. I hope none…
For the first four decades of my life—and please try to squelch any envy you…
In our world today, news and media comes in short, easy-to-read snippets that get the…
My dad, who was a pastor, told me a story one time when I was…
Prayer remains a mystery. Nobody argues disagrees about that. We don’t ultimately know all the…
As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your…
There is nothing more transformative in human life than suffering. Whether it be from significant…
I have lived in three countries, rented six apartments and attended five churches in only…
Francois de Fenelon, a great Christian leader in seventeenth-century France, wrote in a letter to…
“Blessed is the one who does not walk in step with the wicked or stand…
If someone says something or does something that hurts you, what is the godly response?…
RELEVANT posts a column about the thoughts that take place after attending a funeral—and what it does to your faith.
From age 22 to 23, I lived in England. I was there for graduate school,…
There is a fashionable indictment of Christian thought today given by its disgruntled critics: Christians…
Maybe you already know the Lord, but the way you know Him isn’t working for…
I recently traveled to one of my favorite cities in the U.S., Washington D.C. I often…
A few years ago, Brian Johnson had an experience that changed his life. The worship…
Jesus and Moses began their earthly ministries by spending 40 days alone in the wilderness…
I’m pretty sure I used to be cool. I talked cool, I acted cool, I…
RELEVANT imagines what God would say to the suicidal.
“He who had received the five talents went at once and traded with them, and…
“Let me hear what God the LORD will speak, for he will speak peace to…
That night, at our house, over the course of seven sleepless hours my wife, Kristy,…