The Disciplemaker Team 
Psychologists talk about the “stages of grief,” and this framework has trickled down into the popular consciousness. First comes denial and disbelief. Next is rage at the loss and the universe in general. After that is bargaining, attempting to somehow …
Read moreConversion to Christianity, like Grief, Isn’t Neat and Tidy.
You and I need to learn to recognize the invitation of the Spirit when it feels as though our lives are on fire. If we have eyes to see it, we will discern God’s adoring love in our agony, reaching …
As we have faced my wife, Elizabeth’s diagnosis, different versions of healing promises have popped up everywhere. We have been given several books that implicitly or explicitly make such claims. I have talked to people who struggle deeply with the …
Read moreIs God the Object of Our Hope—Or Is It Our Healing?
To engage in effective spiritual warfare, you need to know your enemy and your authority, but most of all, you need to know how to fight! Baptist pastor John Piper says that “the number one reason why prayer malfunctions in …
Read more3 Questions to Ask When Confronting Conflict in Prayer
While our family was on a walk, my youngest daughter (then five years old), kept talking about how she had to find somebody “just like daddy” to marry. “I’m going to marry you,” Kelsey said finally, somewhat defiantly. “I’m already …
Your mother taught you to say “thank you” as part of an overall, good-mannered approach to life. What specific studies in the areas of neuroscience have discovered is gratitude is more than being polite. It’s good for you. Benefits include …
I’m nineteen years old, and I’m choking on my comfort. The very thing I thought would bring me freedom is tying me down tighter every day. I’ve chased comfort as though it’s the goal of my life. But every time …
Without fail, Scripture describes our walk with God—abiding in Jesus’ love—as inseparably linked to passionate desperation. Should we be surprised, then, that over the years, so many enduring voices in the history of Christianity have spoken boldly of their desperate …
Prior to Jesus’ statement about the abundant life in John 10:10, he says that Satan is a “thief [who] comes only to steal and kill and destroy.” Jesus is pointing out that Satan will do everything he can to keep …
If you remember your high-school biology, the human eyeball (the retina, specifically) is equipped with particular cells, called cones, which sense and interpret color. We have three different types that determine the color we see. Don’t worry, none of this …