The title read, âHow Do I Get My Husband to Be Less Passive?â Click. The author, a wife and clinical psychologist, addressed the common complaint that women of various ages bring to her: their husbands lacked passion for anything but the couch and...
The title read, âHow Do I Get My Husband to Be Less Passive?â Click. The author, a wife and clinical psychologist, addressed the common complaint that women of various ages bring to her: their husbands lacked passion for anything but the couch and...
I remember the flush of embarrassment that came to my face as I realized that my friend was letting me know I hadnât been invited to be a part of the group of women she was meeting with regularly â and not by accident. I tried to navigate the momen...
I remember the flush of embarrassment that came to my face as I realized that my friend was letting me know I hadnât been invited to be a part of the group of women she was meeting with regularly â and not by accident. I tried to navigate the momen...
The habit of quiet may be harder today than ever before. Donât get me wrong: itâs always been hard. The rise and spread of technology, however, tends to crowd out quiet even more. Now that we can carry the whole wide and wild world in our pockets,...
The habit of quiet may be harder today than ever before. Donât get me wrong: itâs always been hard. The rise and spread of technology, however, tends to crowd out quiet even more. Now that we can carry the whole wide and wild world in our pockets,...
Besides our childrenâs decision to follow Jesus, the most important decision they will make is whom to marry. The multigenerational implications are huge. Despite the importance of this decision, however, some parents are more concerned about their...
Besides our childrenâs decision to follow Jesus, the most important decision they will make is whom to marry. The multigenerational implications are huge. Despite the importance of this decision, however, some parents are more concerned about their...
âLord, make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be made.â This prayer, often found on the lips of Robert Murray McCheyne, strikes a chord in every Christian soul. When the Holy Spirit makes his home in us, holiness ceases to be the stuffy obligation ...
âLord, make me as holy as a pardoned sinner can be made.â This prayer, often found on the lips of Robert Murray McCheyne, strikes a chord in every Christian soul. When the Holy Spirit makes his home in us, holiness ceases to be the stuffy obligation ...
Forgiveness . Even the word can make us bristle. Past wounds instinctively spring to mind, making forgiveness feel impossible (or at least unnatural). What feels natural is dwelling on the horrible things that others have done to us, rehearsing the...
Forgiveness . Even the word can make us bristle. Past wounds instinctively spring to mind, making forgiveness feel impossible (or at least unnatural). What feels natural is dwelling on the horrible things that others have done to us, rehearsing the...
Long before he made the world, God the Father prepared to send his one and only Son to earth. He loved him âbefore the foundation of the worldâ (John 17:24), and yet even then he knew how much the baby born in Bethlehem would suffer. We know the F...
Long before he made the world, God the Father prepared to send his one and only Son to earth. He loved him âbefore the foundation of the worldâ (John 17:24), and yet even then he knew how much the baby born in Bethlehem would suffer. We know the F...
Jesus said, âThe gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are fewâ (Matthew 7:13â14). In the twenty-first century, does his statement seem true to you? Have you found an easier way? Abraham may have wandered in t...
Jesus said, âThe gate is narrow and the way is hard that leads to life, and those who find it are fewâ (Matthew 7:13â14). In the twenty-first century, does his statement seem true to you? Have you found an easier way? Abraham may have wandered in t...
Does our right standing before God depend on our becoming more like Jesus, or does our becoming more like Jesus flow from our right standing before God? I first began wrestling with that question twenty years ago as a college student. The Bible us...
Does our right standing before God depend on our becoming more like Jesus, or does our becoming more like Jesus flow from our right standing before God? I first began wrestling with that question twenty years ago as a college student. The Bible us...
Most Christian couples would not list shame  as one of the top struggles in their marriage. However, in almost a decade of counseling, Iâve seen very few marriages that arenât hampered by shame on some level. Itâs just not often the first thing tha...
Most Christian couples would not list shame  as one of the top struggles in their marriage. However, in almost a decade of counseling, Iâve seen very few marriages that arenât hampered by shame on some level. Itâs just not often the first thing tha...
No one will be in heaven who did not walk in good works on earth. In other words, and in the words of Hebrews 12:14, there is a âholiness without which no one will see the Lord.â Abbreviated, âno holiness, no heaven.â In directness, âFaith without...
No one will be in heaven who did not walk in good works on earth. In other words, and in the words of Hebrews 12:14, there is a âholiness without which no one will see the Lord.â Abbreviated, âno holiness, no heaven.â In directness, âFaith without...
Godâs heart is for the least of these: the suffering, lost, and lonely. "Do you know the name of a poor person?" a young man in his twenties who was sharing about his experiences as a missionary in Moldova posed the question to me in church. His p...
Godâs heart is for the least of these: the suffering, lost, and lonely. "Do you know the name of a poor person?" a young man in his twenties who was sharing about his experiences as a missionary in Moldova posed the question to me in church. His p...
