Arguments and Intellect Will Not Change Anyone’s Mind Share Jesus With Your Friends D. Scott Hildreth: The miracle story in Mark 2 is a powerful one. Jesus confounds his critics and confirms his divinity when he tells a paralyzed man to take his mat and walk home. Each time I read this story, I am struck by the humor—Jesus...

Why You Don’t Have to Fear in the Valley JD Greear: The “valley of the shadow of death” does not sound like a great place to live. For some people, their whole life strategy can be summed up as, “Stay out of the valley.” But that won’t work, because it’s inevitable that at some point you’re going to go through...

How we helped our children transition to “big” church Nicole Lino: Our motto is “train and model.” Training and modeling requires sacrifice (Rom. 12:1). In order to train and model worship of the living God to my children, I must be willing to put their spiritual well-being before my own. For a season, I will not hear every word of...

3 Things to Remember if you are Looked Down Upon for Being a Christian Michael Kelley: We are coming upon a day when historical evangelical beliefs are going to increasingly called into question. So how should a Christian respond to this reality? There are certainly right and wrong ways, and we in North America can learn much from our brothers...

What’s in Your Soul That the Gospel Needs to Run a Sword Through? Jared Wilson: Often our joy comes in ways we do not expect. In the days of Jesus, the people of Israel were very much waiting on the arrival of the Messiah. They looked forward with eager expectation and zealous hope for the day the promised one would...

But You Are Holy Macy Wilson: At my most anxious, when I’m trying so hard to meet every spiritual requirement, my prayer life looks more like a repeated checklist than an honest plea. I pray for suffering people, organizations and missionaries, leaders, pastors, and everything except the things that creep into the back of my mind while I’m praying. And...