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…
Personal Christian Growth
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…
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 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…
Finding Hope and Encouragement in Your Faith Journey
There are seasons in the Christian life when faith feels less like a settled conviction and more like something you are fighting to hold on to. The doubts come quietly…
Faith in Times of Suffering: Finding Hope and Strength in the Midst of Trials
Finding Hope and Strength in the Midst of Trials Suffering is the great uninvited guest in every human life. It arrives without warning and often without explanation: a diagnosis that…
Learning to Love Yourself and Others as God Loves You
Few struggles are more universal than the struggle to love well. We want to love ourselves but find ourselves caught between self-contempt and self-obsession. We want to love others but…