The Narrative of the Beatitudes
The Beatitudes aren't a random list of nice things. There's a narrative flowing through them — and it changes everything.
Writing
The blog.
Short essays on faith, doubt, and the text.
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Work as Unto the Lord
Christians should be the most motivated people on earth. So why aren't we? Maybe we've been too embarrassed to talk about the reward.
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Give Up Your Hope
1 Peter 1:1–9 is pure gold. It strikes me in three ways — and the first one might sound backwards.
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The Most Excellent Way
Faith, hope, and love. We've heard it a thousand times. But Paul wasn't writing a greeting card — he was telling a fractured church what actually lasts.
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The Scandal of a Running Father
We've turned the prodigal son into a simple moral tale. But there's something in this story that should stop us cold — and it's not the son's rebellion.
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Who's Standing Between You and God?
The curtain is torn. The high priest's robes are torn. So why do we keep letting people and institutions position themselves between us and the Most High?
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The Addiction to Being Right
Do you like to win? I know I do. But where does that motivation come from — and what is it costing us?
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The Ache of a Father's Love
David's grief for Absalom gives us a glimpse into the universe-shaking love with which God loves us — and what it cost Him.
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When the Tempter Questions Your Identity
'If you are the Son of God...' — the same line of attack Satan used on Jesus, he uses on you. Here's why it doesn't work.
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In What Are You Really Trusting?
Am I trusting in my understanding of the gospel? My Bible reading skills? My traditions? My good deeds? What am I ultimately trusting in?
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Where Is God When Everything Falls Apart?
A friend of mine lost his baby girl half an hour after she was born. What he learned about God through that time changed my understanding of grief.
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One Man. Three Promises.
Be like Jesus. Seek truth. Live by the Spirit. Three simple instructions from John 14:6 that reshape how you live your entire life.
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The Happiness Trap
Western culture's obsession with happiness doesn't exactly prepare you for life. But the story we inherit through Scripture does.