If God wants us to believe, and he wants us to have rock solid confidence in his Word, then why doesn't he reveal himself in more obvious ways? Why not just appear in the sky and speak to us audibly? If he wants us to believe, why make it hard to believe?

For today, the topic is flourishing. When your life dries up—you lose motivation, not much joy, you feel like you're in a desert, how do you get back to a thriving, flourishing fullness of life?

There's one of the spiritual gifts that is probably the most common gift of all. My guess is more Christians have this spiritual gift than any other gift. And yet, if you have this gift, chances are, you don't know what your spiritual gift is.Today is part 2 of our brief look at the author of the Gospel of Mark—a man who wasn't an Apostle, wasn't an eye witness of the resurrection, and yet God choose him to write what was probably the first gospel. Why? He had this spiritual gift.

The Bible says a lot about cleanness and uncleanness. But what does that mean? What does it mean, in practical terms, to be clean in God's sight?

There are some mistakes you make that can be fixed. There are others that caused such a mess that you can't even imagine how things could be restored. Today we're going to see into the heart of God on this topic of restoration.

The reason you are on this earth is to bring glory to God. Can you accomplish that simply by uttering a 2-syllabal word? Yes!

What would it take for you to get to the end of your life and say, "My life was a success"? You're not going to achieve everything you wish you could achieve. But what would you have to achieve to be satisfied that, overall, your life was a success?

Have you ever thought about what it means to glorify God? Isn't God already as glorious as he can be? How can we give him glory?

Of all the reasons you might put money in the offering, it seems like the least admirable would be giving to get. But what does the Bible say about the role reward should play in our motivations?

The Philippians gave a huge financial gift to Paul even though they were poor. God was very pleased with that and really made it worth their while. What did God give them to repay them? Multiple things. Today we'll look at one that most of us are also receiving, but we're oblivious to it.