Hope of Salvation for Unsaved Family Members
There is a particular kind of grief that belongs to believers alone: watching someone you love live as though God does not exist. A spouse who once knelt beside you…
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Overcoming fear and anxiety with faith
There is a command in the Bible that appears more often than almost any other: “Do not be afraid.” Jesus says it. Angels say it on arrival. God says it…
Salvation in Christianity: A Deeper Understanding (with Action Steps)
Salvation in Christianity: A Deeper Understanding (with Action Steps) The word “salvation” can start to sound like church vocabulary, a word used so often it loses its weight. But the…
The Impact of Prayer from a Christian Perspective: An In-Depth Exploration
Most people have prayed, or tried to. There is something in human beings that reaches toward the unseen at moments of great need or great wonder, something that looks remarkably…
The Meaning and Significance of Baptism
Almost every Christian you ask has a story about baptism. For some it was a moment of tears and public joy, surrounded by people who knew them. For others it…
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…
Embracing Divine Protection and Guidance Through Scripture
There are seasons in life when the ground you thought was solid begins to shift. A diagnosis comes back with words you were not prepared to hear. A relationship fractures…
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…
Life Lessons from the Bible No. 5: Perseverance – The Steadfast Journey
There is a kind of suffering that surprises you, and a kind that wears you down. The first kind arrives suddenly: a diagnosis, a phone call, a collapse of something…
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…