Most of us live according to the “natural rule” or “flesh rule”: Do unto others as they have done unto you. This is as instinctive as...

Picture a flock of sheep in a green pasture. What do they normally do there? They eat. When a sheep lies down in a green pasture it can...

Money always competes with God for first place in our hearts. It’s right there in Matthew 6:24, “You cannot serve both God and money”...

When I was a young Christian, it was very popular for youth groups to attend True Love Waits rallies every summer, where thousands of...

Our culture says sex is an essential part of life. Not just good, but literally essential. As in, you simply cannot be happy without it....

Those whom God has called to singleness—whether for a season or for their whole life—he will supply with all the necessary graces to live...

In one of Jesus’ core teachings on money, he says, “The eye is the lamp of the body. If your eye is healthy, your whole body will be full...

The evidence for the resurrection is clear for all who want to see it. When the angel told the women going to visit the tomb, “He is not...

Jesus once asked, “Can any of you add one moment to his life span by worrying?” (Matthew 6:27 CSB) No! Worry doesn’t add anything to your...

For many people, this is the first time in our lives we have been forced to take life literally one day at a time—not by choice but...

There is an old story about a lumberjack preparing to cut down several trees in a mountain forest. As he began, he noticed a beautiful...

I don’t know about you, but when I read, “Don’t worry about tomorrow, because tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough...

It goes without saying that this season has brought on for many of us a new set of worries: How long will we be dealing with COVID-19?...

What’s the one thing people are looking for right now? (Well, other than toilet paper and face masks.) It’s hope. Yet Jesus tells us in...

On the heels of disastrous events, the gospel has unprecedented opportunity. When God has done the work of shaking their foundations,...

We are living in upside-down days. Jesus talked about how crises like the one we’re in will characterize the last days: “As he sat on the...

Are you a saver or a spender? Both kinds of people look to money to provide something absolutely essential for life. Spenders depend on...

Imagine you’re a Northerner living in the South doing business toward the end of the Civil War. In your business, you’ve accumulated a...

It’s not hard to find claims from contemporary, even secular, scientists and history professors that Jesus did, in fact, rise from the...

On the third day after Jesus’ crucifixion, a group of women went to his tomb. Instead of finding a dead body guarded by strong Roman...