There are some things you can lose and replace. Lose your phone, and you buy another one. Lose your keys, and someone cuts you a new set. Lose some money, and hopefully you make more. These things may...  Read More

Every parent eventually learns something about backpacks: what you put inside of them matters. Too much, and the child struggles under the weight. The wrong things, and they're carrying stuff they nev...  Read More

There are moments in life when everything around you screams that it is over. The resources are gone. The hope has dried up. The people you love are suffering. The walls feel like they are closing in,...  Read More

There is a moment early in John's Gospel that most readers pass right by without noticing the seam. Jesus has just declared, "I am the light of the world. Anyone who follows me will never walk in dark...  Read More

Last Sunday we sat with Nicodemus, a man who had everything religion could offer and still lacked what only new birth could give. This week John moves us from a respected Pharisee in the dark of night...  Read More

There's a strange kind of pride we carry when we feel like we've earned something. We like control. We like contribution. It's why, if we're honest, birthdays feel a little uncomfortable when you thin...  Read More

Have you ever felt that uncomfortable stirring in your soul? That sense that God is calling you to something deeper, something more, yet you find yourself stuck in the comfort of where you are? It's a...  Read More

There's a powerful three-word declaration that can change everything: "None of these things." These words, spoken with conviction, represent a determination that refuses to be shaken by circumstances,...  Read More

Most of us walk into sin the same way every time. We don't leap — we drift. And if you trace the drift back far enough, you'll almost always find the same three steps waiting at the beginning of the t...  Read More

There's a fundamental misunderstanding that plagues many believers today—a confusion about who we really are in relation to God. Too many Christians live in a perpetual state of fear, constantly worri...  Read More

There is a particular kind of spiritual danger that doesn't announce itself. It doesn't arrive with sirens or obvious warning signs. It begins quietly, almost reasonably, and by the time most people r...  Read More

There is a dangerous misunderstanding many believers carry: the assumption that obedience should remove difficulty. We often imagine that if we are aligned with God, life should become smoother, clear...  Read More