Posts with the category “christian-life”

If you hang around teenagers long enough, you already know the truth: we don’t really have a bullying problem in today’s middle schools and high schools. We have a respect problem. A respect‑for‑ourse...  Read More

If you’ve been in ministry for more than about five minutes, you already know the tension I’m talking about. It’s that constant tug of war between the people you’re called to serve and the people you’...  Read More

Every time I look at Scripture—or at the lives of the spiritual giants I admire—I’m reminded of a truth we don’t like to talk about in Christian circles: even the strongest people hit bottom. Every he...  Read More

Let’s just get honest right out of the gate: the spiritual world is not some spooky subplot reserved for Halloween sermons or late‑night youth camp conversations. It’s real. Scripture talks about it o...  Read More

One of the most breathtaking promises in all of Scripture is tucked quietly into the book of Isaiah: “I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the Lord.” What a stunning thought. The God of the ...  Read More

If you’ve walked with Jesus for more than five minutes, you already know this: not every season feels like a spiritual mountaintop. Some seasons feel more like a spiritual wasteland—dry, barren, and l...  Read More