Free Grace Conversations

One of my kids asked, “Do you even know what you’re doing?” Sometimes even my kids wonder about my very questionable parenting. I wish there were a rule book for how to be a good parent. Actually, there are! Many of them. Shelves of them in every bookstore, all promising to tell you the secret […]

Do you remember your spiritual birthday? Some people do. They’re blessed to know the exact day they first believed in Jesus for eternal life, and their salvation was settled forever. But other people have no memory of when that happened, which concerns them. They’ve heard some preachers say that if you don’t remember the moment […]

Rejoice in hope; be patient in affliction; be persistent in prayer (Romans 12:12). I heard a preacher say, “Pray as you can, not as you can’t.” He talked about how praying can be hard—not that it must be, but we often make it so. People and traditions can turn praying into a highly complex exercise, […]

Do you like being surprised? Do you like it when your life situation changes quickly and unexpectedly and the plans you carefully made suddenly fall through? I don’t! I enjoy small surprises, but not big ones. I like surprises that don’t really matter, don’t inconvenience me, and above all, don’t take away the control I […]

Ellie, the little magical sprog, and her brother Eloy had been walking up the mountain for more than an hour. Wobblewog was following behind, mumbling all kinds of things they didn't understand.

Why should you believe in God? The famous Spanish philosopher Miguel de Unamuno once wrote: “It is the ardent longing for a God who guarantees the eternity of consciousness that leads us to believe in him” (Unamuno, Tragic Sense of Life, p. 186). Unamuno recognized that people long for eternal existence. Life is short. Painfully […]

The Victim Mentality | Society's Lies Our news is packed with the oppressed. Our conversations focus on the wounded. Even our entertainment is chalked full of those abused.  It's beautiful to live in a country that cares so much about those who have been oppressed, marginalized, and hurt. However, did you know among victims there […]

Lady Gaga sang: No matter gay, straight, or bi’, lesbian, transgender life...I’m beautiful in my way ’cause God makes no mistakesI’m on the right track, baby, I was born this way. You’ve probably heard the LGBTQ+ argument, “I was born this way.” It sounds compelling at first, but it’s another one of those pesky lies […]

Lucas and Kristah delve into the rigors and rewards of raising kids as they talk about a chapter from Lucas' book THINGS ABOVE. The chapter is entitled Obey. There is also a video for that chapter you can see here. Kristah shares about an article soon to be released that will be entitled Don't Be […]

Lucas and Kristah talk about a few articles, some videos, and an infographic on the FGI site. Here are the links for each item discussed. Is That True? Article | 10 Reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart Infographic | Seven reasons not to ask Jesus into your heart to be saved video | […]