Five Practices that Can Change Your Small Group
by John Ortberg When we are alone, it’s easy to think that we are spiritually advanced. I can watch a Hallmark commercial alone and find myself moved to tears. I…
How God Fathers Us
How GOD Fathers Us Scripture frequently portrays God as a loving Father who is actively involved in our lives. The following passages describe some of the many ways He demonstrates…
Finding my Father
Finding My Father It started with a phone call. “Hello Danny, this is your Aunt Sue. I thought you would want to know that your father died. His obituary was…
The Advice that Changed my Quiet Times
I have notebooks filled with my struggles against sin. I love having honest times with God—pouring out my heart, repenting of my sins, looking for comfort in His Word, and…
Converting Your Cash
What Happens When Your Bucks Get Born Again? I had a friend in college whose oft-stated ambition was “I’m going to get rich!” And he did. The business he started…
5 Lies That Lead to an Affair
Copyright © Discipleship Journal magazine, 2006. The image I saw in the mirror that day was appalling. Cold, fearful eyes sunk into a ghostly white face as I leaned unsteadily…
Pure and Set Apart
Sanctification is God’s gift and God’s will for His children. by Clinton E. Arnold, Discipleship Journal, July-Aug. 2006. My wife and I felt a pang of fear when we noticed…
Where Are You, Lord?
What’s really going on when God seems absent Our son’s voice trembled on the other end of the phone line. I knew right away that Josh had called with the…
Loved by the Father
“How great is the love the Father has lavished on us, that we should be called children of God!” —1 John 3:1 An amazing aspect of our faith is contained…