How to keep unity in the face of adversity

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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How to deal with rejection

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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How to prepare yourself for battle

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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What does “walk by the Spirit” really mean?

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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Love transforms hearts

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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How to spiritually re-calibrate

The apostle Paul was always one to use sports analogies when describing spiritual realities. That’s because many of the struggles athletes face in the heat of competition are a lot like the challenges we face in our spiritual lives…

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Your words come back to you

There once was a little boy named Billy who got in a fight with another boy at school – and lost. Billy got home, and his mother told him to put some ice on his black eye. While he was sitting there, he told his mom…

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How to rejoice in your trials

A Methodist preacher by the name of Luther Bridges accepted an invitation to minister at a conference in Kentucky in 1910. He left his wife and three sons in the care of his father-in-law and made the trip to Kentucky, where he…

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How you can live with purpose every day

When my youngest daughter was in college, she had an assignment to ask various random people about their purpose in life. So one Saturday morning, we went around to different tables at my favorite coffee shop, asking our question…

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What to do when you discover you’re wrong

A man awoke very early one morning to find a puddle of water in the middle of his king-size bed. In order to fix the puncture, he rolled the heavy mattress outside and filled it with more water to help him find the leak more quickly…

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