Bible Passage: “Dear brothers and sisters, I close my letter with these last words: Be joyful. Grow to maturity. Encourage each other. Live in harmony and peace. Then the God …
Thorns & Third Ways
Bible Passage: “So to keep me from becoming proud, I was given a thorn in my flesh, a messenger from Satan to torment me and keep me from becoming proud. …
Trauma & Third Ways
Bible Passage: “Who is weak without my feeling that weakness? Who is led astray, and I do not burn with anger? If I must boast, I would rather boast about …
Troublemakers & Third Ways
Bible Passage: “We are human, but we don’t wage war as humans do. We use God’s mighty weapons, not worldly weapons, to knock down the strongholds of human reasoning and …
Trials & Third Ways
Bible Passage: “We serve God whether people honor us or despise us, whether they slander us or praise us. We are honest, but they call us impostors. We are ignored, …
Tears & Third Ways
Bible Passage: “I wrote that letter in great anguish, with a troubled heart and many tears. I didn’t want to grieve you, but I wanted to let you know how …
Is There Another Way?
Bible Passage: “We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters, about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our …
Lessons From the Nativity That Every Man Needs
My wife and I were at the hospital, awaiting the arrival of our first child. Suddenly, everything changed. The steady beeps of the monitors erupted into frantic alarms; the baby’s vitals had dropped dangerously. Nurses …
Ever-Increasing Transformation
Bible Passage: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength. The second is this: …
Neighborly Formation
Bible Passage: “The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.” Mark 12:31 (NIV) Scripture Reading: John 13:34; Romans 15:1-2; 1 Corinthians 10:23-33, Galatians 5:13-14 Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning …