If you're trying to live a good enough life to justify yourself, the Bible has bad news for you: you're not nearly good enough. However, if you're fixing your hope on Christ, the Bible has good news for you: he was perfect, and he wants to give...

When it comes to money, there's often a disconnect between our stated beliefs and our actions. We say that Christ is our Lord and Savior but we live as if we're controlled by and more in love with money. What's the way out of this contradiction?

The Parable of The Prodigal Son is actually a story about two sons. Though one chooses the path of self-discovery and the other the path of self-righteousness, they are really more alike than they are different. Neither loves the father and both want...

In contrast to religious people who love to build walls of separation between themselves and "sinners", Jesus relentlessly pursued the lost -- and rejoiced when they got found!

People often treat Christianity like a makeover: Jesus wants to change my style a little so that I'm even healthier and more successful than before. But the call of Jesus is more of a takeover: he demands everything from everyone.

Over dinner with the Pharisees, Jesus exposes the me-first self-obsession that characterizes our culture ... and he provides an amazingly generous alternative.

Will those who are saved be many...or few? Is Christianity some kind of narrow and exclusive club...or is it wide and inclusive?

The religious leaders of Jesus' day used the Sabbath as a way of controlling others, when God had instituted the Sabbath as a way of giving people rest.

The imminent return of Christ is one of the greatest motivations for Christlike living and mission, and yet most of us hardly ever think about it. What difference should it make that Jesus could come back at any moment? How ought we to live in light...

A biblical father is countercultural in nearly every way imaginable: his commitments, his character, and his conduct may seem completely out of step with the world. And his singular charge to the next generation is, "Walk worthy of God, who calls...