Mental Illness Has a Face
What I learned while visiting a mental health facility.
The large door labeled "Mental Health" stood at the end of the hallway. Maybe it really was ominous, or maybe it was just my imagination, but I took a deep breath before pressing the black button beside the door, fully aware that a camera was ...
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What Do Muslims Believe?
We should befriend those who practice Islam, but to do so we need to understand what they believe.
Nancy Ortberg
Today's neighborhoods are diverse, and Christians often rub shoulders with people from different religious and cultural backgrounds. To choose relationship is, I believe, reflective of God's nature.
Jesus told us to be the salt of the earth ...
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Telling the Gospel Through Story
Evangelism that keeps hearers wanting more.
Christine Dillon
Steve was a house painter from England vacationing at a beach in the Philippines with his family. I happened to be staying at the same resort. One day during a conversation that began to turn toward spiritual things, Steve said, "I've talked ...
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"Why, God, Why?"
Facing the painful questions that life keeps asking.
by Anne Graham Lotz
My mother's pale, gaunt face was transformed into wreathes of joy when I walked through the door of her hospital room. Although her eyes seemed sunken, they sparkled with the zest for life that is her own special trademark. With IVs dangling from ...
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Print Still Rules
Innovative formats keep print Bibles popular in a digital age.
Caleb Lindgren
Everyone has heard the expression, "print is dead," and there is no shortage of opinion about the explosion of digital publishing in the past few years. This massive shift in how people read has been changing the publishing industry, but ...
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How to Form a Lifelong Habit
Seven tips for introducing new Christians to the Bible.
Mike Whang
While most Christians want to read their Bibles regularly, we often fall short of integrating Scripture reading into the daily rhythm of our lives. We rely mostly on Christian "professionals"—pastors and popular Christian teachers—to ...
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Learn to Listen
Listening is an important gift we can give others.
Anne Peterson
Have you ever been in a conversation with others and realized you had checked out? You see their mouths moving, but aren't engaged? Situations like this make me ask:
- Why is it so difficult to stay in the present?
- How can we remain engaged when we are in conversation?
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How to Deal with Bitterness and Resentment
Forgiveness is hard, but it sets us free.
Anne Peterson
Jenny was 92 years old when she died. For the 50 years I knew Jenny, she told the story over and over of a time her sister would not give her the dollar she needed for a pair of shoes. Her details made it seem like the offense had happened just days ...
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Standing on Holy Ground
Is God going to be enough for my hurt?
Christina Gibson
I am an unnervingly present person. I rarely think about the future. I'm too caught up in the now to worry about what has to be done tomorrow. For some reason, pregnancy launched me into a preparatory nightmare. I couldn't be too equipped. ...
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Kingdom Imagination
What we can learn from Joshua and Caleb
Leroy Barber
Moses sent spies to the Promised Land to check things out. They brought back a mixed report.
They gave Moses this account: "We went into the land to which you sent us, and it does flow with milk and honey! Here is its fruit. But the people who live ...
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Participating in the Resurrection
We have the privilege of being part of the story too.
Daniel Meyer
High in the Wasatch Mountains of Utah stands a magnificent aspen forest. If you could visit that place today, you would be amazed by the beauty and abundance of life beneath that golden canopy. What would be less obvious is that what appears to the eye ...
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The Theological Turn in Youth Ministry
Young people are not bored by theology. They are bored by theology that doesn't matter.
Andrew Root and Kenda Creasy Dean
The questions that young people have are often the same ones that perplexed the great theologians, driving them to search for God in the places God didn't appear to be—places of brokenness, suffering, and confusion. So it's not surprising that ...
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Top 10 Digital Bible Studies
Joshua Wood
These top ten digital studies cover a variety of topics to help you grow your faith. Each curriculum gives you a digital PDF participants guide, along with resources to lead a group.
1. Psalms: Managing Our EmotionsIn this twelve-session course, learn ...
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Top 5 Bible Courses for Christmas
These were your favorite studies on this topic.
Joshua Wood
Be prepared this Christmas season by focusing on what matters most, The birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. We've created numerous courses to prepare you for this holiday season. These are the top five that you have downloaded.
5. Luke: Bring ...
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Top 10 Bible Studies on Marriage
This fall's top ten list cover a variety of bible studies on marriage. Each curriculum gives you resources to lead a group study, but is also perfect as your own personal study.
Joshua Wood
1. Biblical Marriage 101
Use this 13-session marriage course to discuss how to express grace and love to one another.
13 Session Bible Study
This 13-session course on marriage will be ideal for your Sunday school quarterly curriculum or to use in your small ...
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