When Life Is Hard & You Feel Weak
American evangelist D.L. Moody said, “When a man has no strength if he leans on God, he becomes powerful.” That’s a beautiful quote that makes us feel good, but in reality, most of us haven’t yet learned to live that way. One night a couple of weeks ago I was home alone and doing some […]
Communicating With Kindness In a Culture of Hostility
I’ve got a friend who hasn’t spoken to his family since November. On Thanksgiving Day, he and his sister got into a fight over politics. The argument escalated and ended badly. Christmas came and went, as did his mother’s eighty-third birthday, and the family is still not speaking to one another. We live in a […]
All Christians Are Called To Serve The Oppressed
Recently, many of us were outraged when the story broke of a disabled eighteen-year-old boy in Chicago being beaten and tortured by three teenagers and a twenty-four-year-old man. The beating was streamed live on Facebook and quickly went viral. Thankfully, the traumatized victim was returned to his family after being found walking the streets by […]
Surviving a Season of Spiritual Dryness
If it weren’t for God’s Word, there’s a good chance I’d be somewhere marinating in a gutter of my own making. There’s no doubt if I had to name one thing that’s improved my life more than any other, it’s the study of God’s Word. The Scriptures have spoken truth to the lies in my […]