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Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy. — Hebrews 12:14Is there a relationship you need to rebuild? Too often people are filled with ...

What it looks like to be sick with love is modeled for us in Song of Solomon. This strikingly erotic biblical book chronicles the romantic love relationship between King Solomon ...

Taking Spiritual Responsibility in Your MarriagePaul and Sarah were young and newly married. We began their premarital counseling a couple of months before the wedding. I told them that if ...

Am I now trying to win the approval of men or of God? Or am I trying to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would ...

Jesus said, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If it were, My servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from ...

Truth can be told in an instant, forgiveness can be offered spontaneously, but reconciliation is the work of lifetimes and generations. ~ Krista Tippett in Speaking of FaithOn a recent ...

#killyourwifiJust this week my husband invited a couple of guys over to eat and hang out. We were all standing around the kitchen island polishing off some smoked gouda and ...

What is the deal about all the singing in church? Can we talk about that for a moment?I don’t know about you, but I didn’t expect to be joining the ...

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread. ~ Mother TeresaDo you remember the last time you were hungry? I’m talking really, really ...

In the closing scene of the movie Castaway, Chuck Noland (Tom Hanks) is parked at a lonely intersection in the middle of Nowhere, Texas. With miles of flat, barren land ...

The Theology of WholenessMy introduction to everything I’ve learned about the God of wholeness happened in church. I was nine years old when my mother first took me there, primarily ...

Dear Jesus,Sometimes it’s really hard to love people, particularly when You ask me to love those who hate You and do evil things. Please show me. How can I hate ...

The reason that businesses create policies and procedures is to be able to make a thousand decisions at one time. Otherwise, they have to make a decision about each new ...

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. — UnknownGod doesn’t want you to worry, because that robs you of ...

“The glory of this latter temple shall be greater than the former,” says the Lord of hosts. “And in this place I will give peace,” says the Lord of hosts. ...

I have a sketch of Jesus laughing. It hangs on the wall across from my desk. It’s quite a drawing. His head is back. His mouth is open. His eyes ...