Overcoming Doubt and Building a Stronger Faith
If you have ever sat in church, sung the words of a hymn, and felt nothing, you will know the particular loneliness of doubt. Not the clean, philosophical kind of…
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Embracing Repentance: A Deeper Journey of Transformation in Christian Faith
Most Christians have a complicated relationship with the word “repentance”. They know it matters. They have heard it preached, and they understand in principle that it is central to the…
Developing a Deeper Relationship with God
There is a phrase so common in Christian circles that it has almost lost the capacity to surprise: “a personal relationship with God”. You hear it in sermons, read it…
Worship and Praise: A Deeper Understanding
Every Christian has had the experience of going through the motions. You are in a church service, the congregation is singing, the words are on the screen, and you are…
Living Out Your Faith in the Workplace: A Christian’s Guide
Most of us spend more of our waking hours at work than anywhere else. More hours than in church. More hours than with family. More hours than in prayer. That…
Life Lessons from the Bible No. 4: The Transformative Power of Humility
Humility is one of those words that almost everyone agrees is admirable and almost no one fully understands. It tends to get confused with its counterfeits. People mistake it for…
Life Lessons from the Bible No. 3: Practice Forgiveness
Of all the things Jesus taught, forgiveness may be the one most people claim to believe in and find hardest to actually do. It is easy to say the word.…
Life Lessons from the Bible: Lesson 2: Trust in God’s Plan: A Journey of Faith
There is a particular kind of suffering that comes not from pain itself but from not knowing why. The illness that won’t resolve. The relationship that falls apart despite every…
Life Lessons from the Bible No. 1: Love your Neighbour as Yourself
There are some words of Jesus so familiar that they slip past us without landing. We hear them in church, see them on walls, quote them in speeches about kindness…
Life Lessons from the Bible – an Overview
Life Lessons from the Bible How Scripture Shapes the Way We Live The Bible is not primarily a book of rules. Nor is it a collection of inspiring sentiments to…