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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 ...

God pours into us in the still and silent places so He can pour us out in the world He loves. ~ Rebekah LyonsIt’s wrap-up week already, friends! It’s time ...

Having been married for eighteen years, I may not be able to wholly define every aspect of love, but I can tell you with confidence there is one skill above ...

Our messy, complicated lives are no challenge for our Creator.He won’t turn you away if you have fallen into a sticky situation or done something that has caused damage to ...

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 ...

Job is perhaps the closest equivalent the ancient world had to a jet-­setting, mansion-­residing billionaire. Considered the “greatest of all the people of the east,” he had “7,000 sheep, 3,000 ...

Create helps us build the Kingdom, grow the Church, and make us more like Him. ~ Rebekah LyonsFor we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works ...

Death has been swallowed up in victory. — 1 Corinthians 15:54 NIVBarring the return of Christ, you will have one final moment… a last gasp, a final pulse. Your lungs ...

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 ...

Singleness is hard.But it’s also so beautiful.It’s filled with growth and service and so much time. My adult single years have been the greatest source of refining I’ve ever had ...

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 ...