If you are like the majority of people, you pray to some degree. If you are a Christian, you likely have a regular list of items you ask Jesus to …
Anticipating Temptation
Are you prepared to face temptations? They will come – there is no question. We do not always know when or where, but if you are human you will be …
Teaching Your Kids About Sex
When and How to Start The topic of sex education has been heavily debated over the last few years. I live in the province of Ontario in Canada. The [2014-2018] …
Was Blind But Now I …
Amazing Grace is one of the all-time classic hymns of modern Christianity. It is known within the church community, and also widely known in popular culture. One of the lines …
Digital Distractions are Robbing Marriages
Entertaining Zombies “We live in a very loquacious, noisy, distracted culture,” says philosopher Douglas Groothuis, who has been tracking the digital world’s influence on Christians for more than twenty years …
Why "Fighting" Temptation Won’t Help Your Porn Problem
Temptations are all around us. Focus on your heart instead. I’ll never forget the time I was speaking at a men’s conference when the speaker before me was explaining how …
The Digital Age is Not Your Enemy
Technology is a tool that can help us build either life or death into our relationships. I remember the first time I accessed the internet, and a whole new world …
Should Your Church Die?
I will always remember the dinner I had with a well known Christian leader many years ago. One of the other people at dinner asked him about his observations of …
When Video Games Become a Mental Health Disorder
[In June 2018], the World Health Organization announced a new mental health condition known as “gaming disorder.” According to this article from CNN.com, This condition comes with three major characteristics: …
The Father’s Blessing
Give Your Kids the Gift of Identity, Affection and Affirmation. Dave, a small grade-nine kid, struggled to carry the large TV down the hallway. I’m not talking about a modern, …