Category: spiritual growth

The Price God Pays When We Bear His Name

You've misrepresented the kingdom. I have. We all have. Whether it was simply an off day or a deliberate decision, we've done things bearing the office of Christian faith that have embarrassed the God we worship. We have taken the Name we bear and we've dragged it through the mud. [Click title to read more.]

If You’re Having Trouble With Your Spiritual Sight, Try Looking Within

People often assume that Christianity is a faith that focuses on the external: on evangelizing others, on outward fruit and expressions of faith. It is external, in that sense, but it is also a deeply internal faith: it requires us to look inside our own hearts.[Click title to read more.]

Read The Entire Bible, But Do It For The Right Reasons

What matters is that however we approach the Word, we're in it daily. Deeply. With great commitment and devotion. And that, over the course of our lives, we learn as much of it as we can as intimately as we can. [Click title to read more.]

The Transformation Is Not Because Of You

You are not responsible for your own goodness. The person you are "after" Christ has everything to do with God, and very little to do with you at all. [Click title to read more.]

You Don’t Own It

I've been a Christian for most of my life. I've grown to the point that I assume - wrongly - that I am consulting God about most things, and submitting to God in most things. In reality, probably 50% of the time I'm making assumptions about what God could and should do, based on what I want to happen and what I believe should happen. [Click title to read more.]

The Best Gift You Can Give Yourself Is Restraint

We assume often that our "holding back" benefits others: that it shields them from our scathing comments, our backbiting snark, our meanness, our deceptiveness. And it does. But restraint benefits us, too. [Click title to read more.]

The Hunger Blessing Week 3 Now Available

We must make a gift to God of our presence. Let's talk about how to set aside a special consistent time - not for study, not for church activities, and not for spiritual self-benefit, but for God alone. [Click title to read more.]

How To Avoid The Trap of People-Pleasing

I suspect that a lot of Christians struggle with people-pleasing in general, since we often delude ourselves that many characteristics of people-pleasing are godly ones. The truth is, though, sometimes a preoccupation with people-pleasing can actually inhibit our spiritual growth. [Click title to read more.]