Bearing Burdens, Being Gods When you look at the world it is possible to become overwhelmed and experience anxiety and weariness. In truth, we can't fix all the world's problems nor are we supposed to.

How I Accidentally Stumbled Across—And Then Fell in Love with—the Ordinary Means of Grace In this post, Alex Duke tells a story of an ordinary preacher preaching a faithful sermon. He writes, "What happened over

The Olympics are about Failure Failure is necessary, just look at athletes in the Olympics. Often it is a better teacher than victory. As this post points out, "This is not simply the secular aphorism

Live Where You Live Modern technology can make having a sense of place fleeting, but it is important to live where you are. The author of this post notes, "Living where we are makes the

Scepters, Crowns, Thrones Noting the difference between the kingdoms we see and the Kingdom we don't see, Tim Challies writes, "But beyond and within this visible world, is an invisible one that runs on very

Making the Christian Life More Complicated Than It Needs To Be Tim Challies gets to the root of the matter, writing, "We sometimes make the Christian life more complicated than it needs to be and

Hard to Offend, Easy to Please In this post Matt Smethurst comments, "Cynicism. It’s now in the air we breathe, the thoughts we indulge, the words we whisper, the comments we post. Is this really

A Brief History of How Friendships Like Yours Can Change the World "Every Christian wants to make a difference. But few of us know how to turn that desire into action. We look around at

30 Reasons Why It Is a Great Thing to Be a Pastor The title really says it all. In this post, John Piper lists thirty reasons it is great to be a pastor. Pastor, if

Don’t Tell Your Children They’re Great; Teach Them to Work Hard In this post, Casey McCall notes, "For Paul grace and hard work were never in conflict. He worked harder because of grace. Grace produced