Are you tired of the negative news in our culture? An increasing number of people are turning off the news and prefer to avoid it rather than to deal with the daily headlines of natural disasters, political controversies, and sexual scandals. But I’m convinced there’s a better way to make a difference in the coming…

Many of us say we want to live out our faith, but how do we go about it? Instead of accusing the church of being full of hypocrites or highlighting the problems in the contemporary church, what if we focused on “being the change” we wish to see in 2018? After several years of attempting…

What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? As we look ahead to the new year, many of us will make resolutions. Unfortunately, most resolutions will remain unfulfilled, with the majority abandoned within the first two weeks.…

We’ve all seen it…the kid begging for her parent’s attention while the mom or dad is too focused on a tiny screen to acknowledge their child. We internally scold the parent, realizing the missed moment in the young person’s life. Yet if we are honest, too many times we are the guilty party at the…

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