I’ve Decided Not to Grow Up
I was having a talk with my three-week-old son the other day. I asked him, “How’s life going?” He smiled and said, “Well Dad, I’ve been thinking. I’m really enjoying my life now. I can sleep as long as I …
The Disciplemaker Team
In Our Mess, We are Still the Wanted Ones
“A thing must be loved before it is loveable,” Chesterton wrote.[i] He said this was the great theme of Beauty and the Beast—a story that is magical, not because a beautiful princess gets kissed (after all, beautiful women are kissed …
3 Ways We Undermine the Bible’s Power
The end of another hard day: You plop down into a comfortable chair, and it feels good. Your Bible is there, handy, so you open it at the bookmark. After reading over the first few sentences a couple of times, …
Show Them How to Live for Christ
The men and women we help spiritually will inevitably learn standards for living through what they see in us. Jesus saw to it that his disciples learned his way of living with God and man. He recognized that it was …
The Secret Of Godly Strength
Many of us know the feeling: Our world seems to be falling apart. Familiar sources of security crumble to dust. Long-enjoyed relationships suddenly evaporate. Assumptions which underlie our daily confidence turn hollow and false. David experienced such a time when …
Your Words Matter
We get caught up in so many conversations that truthfully don’t really matter. Discussions about topics that in the moment seem urgent yet days, even hours later, appear trivial, fleeting. The other day, while visiting with a friend, they made …
At Home With God
God invites us to live with him—an invitation David accepted seriously, as he expressed in Psalm Twenty-seven. Let’s focus particularly on verse four: One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the …
Simba, Stop Wandering and Get Dangerous
Simba is a “lost” lion. If you haven’t seen the Disney film about a lion who has lost track of who he really is, go find it, stream it, download it, whatever—and watch it. Simba is a lion cub, the …
How to Be a Spiritual Parent
Good follow-up includes meeting a new Christian’s many needs, and helping him learn to meet his needs on his own. A new Christian needs personal, individual attention. Your example in living for Christ will set the pace for the new …
Choosing Jesus as Your Teacher
Mary Magdalene woke up early Sunday morning and made her way to the tomb. Finding it empty, she asked the angels what they had done with Jesus. Turning around with tears in her eyes, she mistook Jesus for the gardener, …