Be Careful Not To Spoil Your Own Fruit Lessons From A Dead Fig Tree
Appearances are a sham, and Jesus knows it. He is not interested in our pretty leaves, he wants to know what’s happening on the inside. Is our root system mature enough to reach down deep and find the water we need to be fruitful?
Stop Being Yourself—Your Personality Might Betray You
One myth among people who follow Jesus is that God just wants us to be ourselves. We rise, we fall, we succeed, we fail, but as long as we can emerge from it all having “stayed true to ourselves”, we win. We call it authenticity, but might it actually be a kind of idolatry?
To the Parched Soul: Living Water is Waiting for You
If you and I can train our spiritual senses to sniff out the presence of God in the midst of soul-deep dehydration, our lives will be restored. Like a new seedling. Ready to truly live again.
Letting Pressure Fulfill Its Purpose
Like the natural process that requires intense heat and extreme pressure to transform carbon into diamonds, I began to see beauty emerge from this trying season when I let the pressure fulfill its purpose.
Three Life-Changing Ways to Ring in the New Year
Things don’t change just because a new year begins. Things change because we begin. We begin to take God at his word and live like his promises are true for our lives.
Advent: You Have Permission to Be Happy Four Keys to Unlocking Joy at Christmas
Somehow, Christmas seems to dredge up all the unChristmasness in the world. All the sadness. All the angst. All the heartache. Christmas season…
Advent: The Problem With “Peace on Earth”
Jesus didn’t come to establish world peace.
This may come as a surprise, but Jesus never promised this. Any claim that he did is a misleading overreach that does no one any good.
Advent: Dealing With the Dilemma of Hope
It’s the first week of Advent, a season of anticipation as we look forward to Christmas. Each week highlights a different virtue that…
Four Things You Should Regift This Christmas Trading gift-giving for self-giving
Christmas isn’t about gift-giving, it’s about self-giving. That’s what God did for us. He gave us himself.
So why do we fall into the trap of spending money on impersonal commodities instead of spending ourselves on personal connection?
