Learning to Pray: Pause (Part 1 of P.R.A.Y.)
Prayer is more challenging than we’d like to admit. At its most basic elements, prayer is having a conversation with God. Sounds easy enough. But what if you don’t know […]
Sermon on the Mount: Fulfilling the Law
In the second century, some of the early church fathers thought the Old Testament was weird, kinda pointless, and should be cut out of the Bible entirely. (To be fair, […]
How Does the Holy Spirit Move Us toward Jesus?
This is Question #2 discussed in Holy Spirit: Filled, Empowered, and Led, by David Young.
Why Did Jesus Pick Fishermen? Answer: The Gospel.
A good joke leads an audience down one path (the setup), but then jolts them with an unexpected turn at the end (the punchline). In the first chapter of Mark’s […]
Sermon on the Mount: 7 Questions to Ask of Each Beatitude
*Editor’s Note: This is the final article in a 13-part series on the Beatitudes. Here’s the complete list of articles in the series: Who Does Jesus Think He Is? Crowds […]
When Life Doesn’t Go How You Expect
There have been plenty of times in my life when life didn’t go as I had expected. When I was ten years old, I wrote a letter to a missionary […]
Resurrection: From Fuzzy Hope to Living Reality
*Editor’s Note: The following is an excerpt from a book by Dr. Scott Sager called Jesus in Isolation: Lazarus, Viruses, and Us. In the book, Sager delves into the story […]
What Sets Jesus Apart?
What sets Jesus apart from other would-be Saviors, Messiahs, and Lords? What, if anything, is unique about “Christianity”—the way of life that seeks to honor Christ’s name? Many people say […]
