You may have a family holiday tradition that goes back to your childhood or maybe even further up the genealogical tree. Waking up at 5am to prep Thanksgiving dinner with your mom, or baking cookies o…
Practical Christian Living
4 Ways To Find Hope in a Terminal Illness as Christians
Being diagnosed with a terminal illness can bring us to a level of darkness beyond our imagination. We can forget who we are, who has the power, and who determines our path. But God promises to use ou…
Jephthah Shows Us God’s Plan Beyond Persecution
Imagine how it would feel to find yourself being outcast, forced to flee the place you grew up because of the mistakes of your family. And then imagine those very same people who persecuted you years …
7 Tips for Sharing the Gospel with a Muslim
Many Muslims are deeply religious, yet they have an ache in their heart that can only truly be filled by Jesus. Unfortunately, many Muslims have never heard the Gospel because many Christians do not k…
5 Ways to Live a Christ-Centered Marriage
Marriage takes God being at the center to make it work. How can you build a solid Christ-centered marriage that lasts a lifetime? Here are 5 ways: 1. Faith Faith is the cornerstone of your Christ-cent…
Preparing for Transition in Life: God’s Word vs. Your Job Title
Our lives are full of transitions and change. There are times when things are good and then all of a sudden everything is turned on its head and we have to navigate the unknown. Of all the transitions…
3 Lessons from Superheroes for the Christian Life
Who hasn’t seen a Marvel movie these days? Superheroes are everywhere in pop culture: today’s comics, movies, TV shows, games, and novels frequently feature characters with superpowers. While these ch…
How to Have a Contagious Faith
It’s too easy to become trapped in the way the world influences our thoughts, priorities, and mindsets. The world pressures us to focus on ourselves and to idolize things other than God. However, this…
A Life of Sacrifice: Adoniram and Ann Judson
A young man wrote to his bride-to-be’s father: “I have now to ask whether you can consent to… her departure to a heathen land, and her subjection to the hardships and sufferings of a missionary life… …
Is it Possible to Experience the Joy of Denying Yourself?
“If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.” This isn’t the type of feel-good verse you expect to see on a car bumper or coffee mug. When reflecting on su…