Have you ever felt lonely? It’s like an empty feeling of sadness when you feel isolated, rejected, or lacking any meaningful connection with someone else. But loneliness isn’t just something that hits people who are living all alone. You can be in a crowd of thousands of people and still feel lonely, because you lack…
Have you ever experienced prejudice? Has someone ever looked down on you because of something outside your control? Maybe it was because you were too young, too old, from another culture, wearing the wrong clothes, or from the wrong neighborhood. Now, here’s a harder question: Have you ever done the same thing to somebody else?…
Did you know that there are only two ways that you can learn about God? If you want to learn more about who God is and what he has done, there are only two ways we can do it. 1. Natural Revelation The first way to learn about God is natural revelation. We can learn…
Imagine you are lost in the woods on a cold night and have nothing but a Bible. Would you ruin it to help get through the night? Would you use it to help start a fire or to rip pages out and stuff them in your clothes for added insulation? It’s an interesting scenario to…
What is envy? More importantly, how can we stop envy from stealing our happiness? Recently, I wrote about the difference between envy and jealousy. While we sometimes use the words interchangeably, there is a difference between jealousy and envy. The difference: Jealousy is wanting to protect what you have. Envy is wanting what someone has. If…
When you think of some of the defining attributes of who God is, what words come to mind? You probably think about God’s love, mercy, grace, omnipotence, justice, holiness, righteousness, or something along those lines. Did you think about how God is jealous? You know what’s odd to me? If you run in Christian circles…
Every athlete must train to win. Nobody can sit on the couch eating Cheetos for months and hope to compete. The best athletes are intensely disciplined. They follow strict diet and exercise regiments to beat their body into peak physical condition, so when the game is on the line, they are ready. We know this…
How can we spot a strong church? How do you know if a church is good or not? What signals should we look for to avoid unhealthy churches? Most people looking for a new church search for a pastor they like, a nice building in a convenient location, good music (however they define that), or…
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